physically active news
26 Jun 2026
People taking GLP-1 weight loss medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound may be
03 May 2026
Activity levels are still rising among English adults according to Sport England’s new Active Lives
20 Mar 2026
While the use of wearable technology to track health parameters is tracking upwards and can
16 Feb 2026
Vibrating tendons before cycling allows people to push harder without feeling mental strain, according to
14 Jan 2026
PureGym has announced a partnership with Hatch Athletic to upskill 3,000 PTs across its international
14 Nov 2025
UK Active has published new guidance designed to help operators support young people over the
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
16 Oct 2025
Early nights might not be a top priority for many young adults, but a New
14 Oct 2025
Seventy two per cent of people with mental health conditions say being physically active has
29 Aug 2025
The UK’s Health and Social Care Committee is actively looking at how physical activity can
15 Aug 2025
Carers UK is re-launching its successful Carers Active project to encourage carers – who often
25 Jul 2025
According to a study commissioned by GM Active, health intervention programmes provide more than £20,000
13 Jun 2025
The much-anticipated UK government’s Spending Review (SR) 2025 was delivered yesterday (11 June), which sets
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
25 Apr 2025
Physical participation figures are the highest ever, but inequalities remain with the same groups still
10 Apr 2025
Sport for Confidence and Everyone Active have launched a community-focused delivery model in Westminster, London
09 Apr 2025
Sport England has renewed the contract for its Moving Communities study for another four years.
03 Apr 2025
The UK health and fitness industry is growing exponentially, with revenue up by 8.8 per
07 Mar 2025
In honour of International Women’s Day, the Council of Europe’s Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport
05 Nov 2024
Pendle Leisure Trust – which operates in one of the most deprived areas in England –
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
26 Oct 2024
Sport and physical activity creates annual savings of £10.5 billion for the NHS and social
23 Sep 2024
Essex County Council has appointed Sport for Confidence CIC to deliver a physical activity model
17 Jul 2024
Community Leisure UK (CLUK) and The Richmond Group of Charities have joined forces to support
09 Jul 2024
The UK's National Sector Partners Group (NSP) has called on the new government to pledge
04 Jul 2024
Edinburgh Leisure is launching a six-week introduction to Nordic walking as part of its award-winning
26 Apr 2024
While British adults are the most active they’ve been in a decade, health inequalities remain
20 Apr 2024
Operator Circadian Trust has launched a five-year growth drive designed to support health and wellbeing
28 Mar 2024
The first annual Private Sector Benchmarking report was released today (27 March). A collaboration between
12 Jan 2024
Two new research reports have highlighted the impact of the UK's cost of living crisis
07 Dec 2023
Physical activity levels among children and young people have improved compared to five years ago,
03 Dec 2023
New insight from UK quango, Sport England has found that healthy life expectancy in England
12 Oct 2023
Xponential Fitness has signed a deal to become the official fitness partner of the Los
09 Oct 2023
A survey of UK adults by market research outfit Savanta has identified the nation’s dream
21 Sep 2023
Improved mental health is now a stronger motivation for Brits to exercise than staying in
25 Aug 2023
Gympass, the aggregator which specialises in corporate wellbeing, has achieved a US$2.4bn valuation, up from
18 Aug 2023
Companies which successfully encourage their employees to become more physically active could see their healthcare
12 May 2023
Top-level sports people and elite athletes can live more than five years longer than the
21 Apr 2023
Overall physical activity levels among adults in England have returned to pre-pandemic levels, being in
15 Mar 2023
In an announcement made today in advance of tomorrow's Spring Budget (15 March), the UK
14 Mar 2023
The UK government has declared that boys and girls should have equal access to sports
03 Mar 2023
A study from the University of Illinois has found that when teenage girls (age 15-18)
06 Feb 2023
Rock Steady Boxing (RSB) – a US organisation that provides non-contact boxing programmes to sufferers
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Greg Bradley looks at the shift towards strength training in gyms and advises on how operators can create the ultimate training environment
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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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David Lloyd is stepping up its commitment to women’s health as it continues to explore what fit-for-purpose looks like for the female population
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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The industry is embracing consumer-facing tech. Now it’s time to
streamline back-of-house systems with Orbit4, says Daniel Jones
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Pulse Fitness has created a
new health club delivering an
elevated wellness experience
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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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Jamie Clements
The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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Small improvements to sleep, diet and physical activity have major benefits for the heart, according to new research from the University of Sydney
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Collaborations with the medical profession and greater aspirations around wellbeing are creating a need for more experts in our sector. It’s time to reboot our thinking around the workforce
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For every member with a tripod and a big following, there are others irritated at the way equipment is being hogged or wary they’ll be in the background on someone’s Insta feed. Do influencers offer valuable, free marketing or are they just a nuisance? Kath Hudson finds out how operators are responding
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Founder, SP&Co Group“Working in public health over the last few years has lit up parts of my brain again”
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As the entrepreneur who started Wexer, Fresh Fitness, Fitness DK and Repeat, as well as being a former elite athlete, Rasmus Ingerslev’s life looked perfect from the outside, but onthe inside it was a different story. He talks to Kath Hudson about healing old wounds
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If the health service is to
survive, we must recognise
that it is a disease service
– and that wellbeing rests with
us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
He talks to Kate Cracknell
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Strength training is evolving,
driven by changing consumer
preferences. Julie Cramer talks
to innovators about how their
products are meeting this demand
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With corporately-owned clubs,
franchise networks, investments
and proprietary tech, Viva Leisure’s
ecosystem is redefining how
gyms scale and generate revenue.
Its CEO speaks to Kate Cracknell
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Vicci Wells shares insights from the
recent Class of 2035 report into
physical activity in Generation Alpha
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Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing
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