gyms news
16 May 2022
Turkey-based Lion Stone Art is producing luxury natural stone design pieces to create aesthetic spaces
10 May 2022
Sport England and UK Active have signed a five-year partnership agreement which will see the
10 May 2022
Planet Fitness is offering high-school students free access to any of its 2,200 locations in
09 May 2022
ACTIV, a gym chain in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which operates separate gyms for men and
05 May 2022
Members of the United States Congress and Washington DC staff are competing against each other
05 May 2022
The health and fitness industry is eagerly awaiting the return of Elevate, which will take
Health clubs across the UK are facing huge rises in business energy bills which are
03 May 2022
Multi-brand fitness chain Urban Gym Group (UGG) has raised €16m in capital. The funds will
03 May 2022
Health clubs across the UK are facing huge rises in business energy bills which are
27 Apr 2022
Fitness tech firm Egym has acquired French corporate fitness and wellbeing business Gymlilb for what
21 Apr 2022
Innovatise’s myFitApp has been chosen as the Mind Body Boost project App provider. The Mind
21 Apr 2022
Pure Gym has revealed it's planning to double the number of clubs in its portfolio,
20 Apr 2022
Capitalizing on Schwinn’s decades of experience and iconic leadership in commercial indoor cycling, Core Health
According to our poll, the first thing 80 per cent of operators and gym owners
13 Apr 2022
More than a third of consumers are working out more than before the pandemic, but
11 Apr 2022
Cross-platform fit tech business Fiit, has hit a £1 million crowdfunding target in seven days.
A comparison of numbers for the German market gives an insight into the fitness industry’s
08 Apr 2022
Several gyms and studios in the UK have collectively generated over £10,000 in donations for
07 Apr 2022
UK Active has released its final report on COVID-19 cases among health club, leisure centre
29 Mar 2022
Singing, listening to or playing music can improve mental wellbeing and quality of life, according
Global fitness technology provider Virtuagym has raised a new €3m investment from Icecat, an Amsterdam-based
29 Mar 2022
A new cancer prehabilitation programme is achieving groundbreaking results by bringing the health and fitness
21 Mar 2022
Lobbying is gearing up in advance of the Spring Budget this week, with UK Active
18 Mar 2022
The Gym Group has published its full-year results for 2021 and announced plans to open
16 Mar 2022
Music psychology specialist, Brian d’Souza, has launched a sound wellness business to offer transformative sound
16 Mar 2022
Pure Gym has launched in the US under the brand Pure Fitness, with the first
Industry reports show that when gyms reopened, fitness enthusiasts flocked back to their local gyms.
01 Mar 2022
Keiser UK are excited to announce a new partnership with Castore as its official apparel
25 Feb 2022
Membership-management software company, Clubessential Holdings, announced the acquisition of Innovatise, the company behind myFitApp, the
15 Feb 2022
The physical activity sector will have an essential role to play in delivering the UK
10 Feb 2022
Customer demand for health clubs and gyms in the UK was ‘back to normal' during
Social distancing, and all that encompasses the new normal, appears to be here to stay
The ‘health seeker’ is a term being used a lot within fitness right now, as
14 Jan 2022
People living in London have been advised to avoid or reduce strenuous exercise today (Friday
14 Jan 2022
A marketing partnership between fitness marketplace Hussle and fast-food giant McDonald's resulted in a significant
12 Jan 2022
Barefoot luxury hotel and wellness brand Soneva has concocted a new spa and wellness concept
12 Jan 2022
The UK government should encourage – and make it easier – for doctors and other
Covid-19 has accelerated digital transformation within the fitness industry by at least a decade, and
04 Jan 2022
Wearable technology, outdoor exercise activities and strength training are among the trends expected to shape
23 Dec 2021
The number of positive COVID-19 cases among people who have visited health clubs across Europe
22 Dec 2021
HCM has confirmed that the UK government's £1bn support package for the hospitality and leisure
22 Dec 2021
The Gym Group has opened five clubs in one day to reach 200 sites in
No two gyms are the same, but making the most of artificial intelligence (AI) and
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“We want to encourage the nation to focus on being healthy and happy in a way that’s sustainable for life ”
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Editor's letter
Having a portfolio of more than 1,000 health club locations is the aim of ambitious operators, with this elite category growing fast, creating new dynamics in the market
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Supplier showcase
Pulse Fitness and Bolsover District Council have been collaborating for many years to deliver dedicated community activity spaces
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Postbag
As HCM passed its
300th edition milestone,
readers shared their
thoughts and feelings
on HCM’s contribution
to the industry in a very
special postbag
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Research
Being physically active can heal damage caused by diabetes, enabling the activation of a natural system that grows new blood vessels, according to research in the US
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We want Grndhouse to be everywhere: in gyms, hotels, on holidays, at home – it’s boutique fitness in your hand
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Sponsored
Yate Leisure is one of the largest sites in Circadian Trust’s
portfolio, with around 4,000 members. Ben Beasley, director
of commercial development, explains why they were an early
adopter of Technogym Biocircuit, and how the offer has evolved
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Bryce Hastings, head of research at
Les Mills, explains the latest research
into exercise motivation, giving tips on
how to engage hard-to-reach members
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What to do when your changing rooms need a refresh,
but your budget is stretched? These specialists share
their top tips for easy upgrades that won’t break the bank
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The Global Wellness Summit brought together public health
and wellness experts in Boston recently. Jane Kitchen was
there for HCM to see first-hand what this ‘New new
era in health and wellness’ will look like for the sector
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The pandemic brought about our sector’s
biggest ever collaboration on COVID
safety data. Lizzie Broughton tells the story
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HCM People
Gunnar Peterson
Chief of athletics, F45“Choose consistent over perfect. That’s the long game. It’s never too late to pivot to that mindset”
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Jon Wright
Founder and CEO, Feel Electric“We’ve set ourselves the initial goal
of developing 100 Feel Electric
sites, using a cluster model”
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“We’re seeing people using the club as a base from which to work, breaking to do a class before getting back to work again. They like the atmosphere and to be around people ”
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In April, Deloitte and Europe
Active published the ninth edition
of their yearly European Health
and Fitness Market Report, as
Karsten Hollasch explains
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More than 100 industry delegates met in person at the annual active-net event at Eastwood
Hall in Nottingham on 23-24 March.
Featured supplier news
Global fitness technology provider Virtuagym has raised a new €3m investment from Icecat, an
Amsterdam-based technology company which invests in innovative technology organisations.
Featured operator news
Following a competitive tendering process, Serco Leisure and its partner More Leisure
Community Trust Limited (MLCT) have been awarded a 10-year contract by Mansfield District
Council to operate three centres in the town, starting 1 May 2022.
Featured operator news
As part of their work to break down the barriers that deter women and girls from
participating in sport and physical activity, Everyone Active has teamed up with EMD UK to
launch new exercise classes linked to the This Girl Can campaign.
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