health clubs news
27 Oct 2021
UK Health clubs, gyms, hotels, pubs and other leisure businesses will all receive a 50
25 Oct 2021
Anthony Hamilton, the father of F1 racing driver Lewis Hamilton, is launching a fitness equipment
13 Oct 2021
The 40th Annual IHRSA International Convention & Trade Show (IHRSA 2021) begins today in Dallas,
04 Oct 2021
Les Mills is expanding its digital operations by replacing its existing on-demand services with the
30 Sep 2021
CEO of Orbit4, Daniel Jones, says: “There’s no reason traditional gyms and smart gyms can’t
29 Sep 2021
A group of leading health and fitness companies in Romania have joined forces to launch
03 Aug 2021
Life Fitness has unveiled the new Integrity SL, its connected LED console designed for the
21 Sep 2021
VAT reform, adjustments in business rates and a fitness-led high street regeneration push could see
02 Sep 2021
New data from the ukactive Research Institute shows that for every 100,000 visits to UK
27 Aug 2021
Shares in Peloton have fallen after the company revealed fourth-quarter losses. It also said that
26 Aug 2021
A consultation has been launched to review the current provision of fitness and leisure facilities
25 Aug 2021
EXCLUSIVE Fitness marketplace Hussle has signed a partnership deal with McDonald's, which will see it
18 Aug 2021
A number of US cities have begun announcing vaccine mandates for indoor facilities, including health
07 Sep 2021
The best in class of the physical activity sector have been revealed at the ukactive
09 Aug 2021
Russell Barnes, CEO of David Lloyd Leisure (DLL), has told HCM the company has 'smashed'
04 Aug 2021
Paralympic champion and ukactive chair Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has issued a rallying cry for the
02 Aug 2021
Nearly half (49 per cent) of health club members in the US who've cancelled their
29 Jul 2021
The US fitness industry lost around 58 per cent of its revenues during 2020, due
27 Jul 2021
The Pingdemic of people receiving notifications on their phones, telling them to self-isolate because of
27 Jul 2021
The Gym Group has extended its partnership with digital fitness platform Fiit, becoming the first
26 Oct 2021
Luxe Fitness, a Bristol-based gym offering premium service at a budget price has partnered with
22 Jul 2021
Further research into the levels of positive COVID-19 cases among those to have visited fitness
13 Jul 2021
Health clubs and fitness studios in South Korean capital city Seoul have been told to
13 Jul 2021
Digital fitness coaching firm Asensei has released an API platform which allows developers of connected
12 Jul 2021
Health clubs in England are preparing to return to operations without restrictions, after Prime Minister
07 Jul 2021
There is a "clear case" to evolve the purpose and role played by the UK's
29 Jun 2021
Health clubs, gyms and leisure centres should focus on ability, rather than age, when designing,
24 Jun 2021
Technogym has launched a new app featuring an AI-powered digital coach. The Technogym App is
23 Jun 2021
The number of active memberships across European health clubs fell by roughly 10 million –
16 Jun 2021
The UK government has extended the ban on commercial evictions until 25 March 2022. Announcing
15 Jun 2021
Operating a further four weeks at reduced capacity will place serious pressure on English fitness
15 Jun 2021
Rainer Schaller's RSG Group is bringing its John Reed brand of health clubs to the
11 Jun 2021
Glofox will begin offering health clubs, gyms and fitness studios instant access to financing, following
04 Jun 2021
The number of health club members returning to gyms since lockdown has beaten all expectations,
28 May 2021
The US fitness industry is mobilising to support the Gym Mitigation and Survival (GYMs) Act,
25 May 2021
Irish health club chain West Wood Club is launching a new outdoor exercise concept at
25 May 2021
Vegetables are more important than fruit in a healthy diet, according to new research from
20 May 2021
Phillip Mills, founder and executive director of Les Mills, Chris Hemsworth's Centr app and Dave
18 May 2021
One in three councils in England are expecting to close at least one of their
15 May 2021
Thousands of health clubs, swimming pools and leisure centres are under the threat of permanent
14 May 2021
Fully vaccinated people in the US no longer need to wear a face mask whether
13 May 2021
HCM understands that Fitness International, which operates more than 700 health clubs under the LA
11 May 2021
Jan Spaticchia, founder and chair of énergie Fitness has died aged 51 following a short
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Statistics
“While nearly 20% of clubs closed for good in the US, the number in Germany decreased by only 1.4%”
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Everyone’s talking about
In the last issue of HCM, we checked with big box operators in the UK to see how
trading has been going since restrictions were lifted. This month we turn our attention
to boutiques and urban studios to find out how they’re faring. Kath Hudson reports
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Mental health
Research confirms the role health clubs can play in supporting
people in nurturing their mental health, as Victor Brick explains
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Editor's letter
In this issue, we’re focusing on sharing insights and thought leadership to highlight opportunities for the development of the sector in terms of both markets and offerings, says Liz Terry, HCM editor
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Policy
As the UK government’s social prescribing initiative gains momentum,
Kenny Butler calls on the sector to step up and get involved
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Sponsored
Billed as the ‘2021 Experience Tour’, Egym has taken its
connected gym floor experience on the road around the UK
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Letters
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MDL Fitness
“Screens display power generated from each piece of equipment, allowing people to compete against each other for kilowatt hours produced”
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David Minton says the healthy movement industry
is ten times bigger than the health club sector,
and the care industry four times bigger and
ask why we’re not rushing to collaborate?
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“Our equipment doesn't consume power but does generate it, recycling human energy”
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“I’d like to see the gym sector help champion the social prescribing agenda, as a route to getting more people engaged in physical activity”
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Research firm Qualtrics surveyed 12,157 consumers across
15 countries in seven languages to create the Les Mills 2021 Global
Fitness Report, highlighting the ways consumers are choosing to work
out as we emerge from the pandemic. Jak Phillips reports
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Focusing on dieting has failed to offset the rising tide of obesity, say researchers from the Universities of Arizona and Virginia. A focus on fitness gives better health outcomes
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Danielle Obe
Chair, The Black Swimming Association“Our vision is a future with ethnic diversity in aquatics”
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GLL and its app partner Innovatise (myFitApp) have today announced the Better UK App has
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downloaded over 1 million times since it was launched in November 2019.
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As Surge expands its offer with the launch of a third dedicated Electronic Muscle
Stimulation
(EMS) studio this summer – this time in Fleet Street, London – the brand reflects on the
vital role of its estate wide digital ecosystem, created in partnership with Fisikal,
designed to drive business efficiencies and commercial success.
Featured operator news
A £22 million redevelopment project will be unveiled at Grange Paddocks Leisure Centre, as
part of the official launch of the state-of-the-art centre.
Featured operator news
Award-winning leisure operator Everyone Active generated £342million in social value at its
sites across the country in 2019/20.
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