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15 Feb 2021
Spanish capital Madrid has been hailed as an example of a city which understands the
13 Oct 2020
Technogym's Let’s Move For a Better World campaign is back this year, with a new
16 Dec 2019
Technogym has launched its Let's Move for a Better World campaign for 2020, aiming to
03 Sep 2019
People who lead a sedentary lifestyle are twice as likely to suffer premature death, when
14 May 2019
The number of people dying prematurely from heart attacks and strokes in the UK has
18 Feb 2019
Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) has named professor Rob Copeland as the first director of the
Following a hugely successful event last year in Split, Croatia, a W3Fit EMEA, is heading
25 Jan 2019
A study carried out by the University of Warwick has found that Sweatcoin, an app
25 Sep 2018
The Sport and Recreation Alliance (SRA) has launched a petition calling on politicians of all
16 Jul 2018
The value of the UK fitness club market has been valued at £5.1bn – a
11 Oct 2017
The NHS in Wales spent £35m (US$46.2m, €39.1m) treating preventable diseases caused by physical inactivity
08 Sep 2017
People on higher salaries tend to exercise during the weekend and on their days off,
31 Jul 2017
Andy Burnham, mayor of Manchester and former Labour Party leadership hopeful, has thrown his weight
As one of the most energy-intensive industries in the UK, leisure facilities face a critical
20 Oct 2016
Independently-owned fitness studio operator Ten Health and Fitness has created a new “injury-proof” yoga class
01 Aug 2016
Sedentary lifestyles are costing the global economy $67.5bn (£51bn, €60bn) a year in healthcare and
28 Jul 2016
Office workers who spend their days sitting down are urged to exercise for at least
26 May 2016
Regular exercise for over-50s could be vital in reducing the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease,
19 May 2016
Sport England has made tackling physical inactivity its number one priority, with plans to triple
19 May 2016
As Sport England reveals its vision for sport and physical activity over the next five
Complaints about group exercise have become a thing of the past for the Reynolds Group
24 Mar 2016
ukactive has called for a major rethink of how children are engaged with physical activity,
21 Jan 2016
Devices such as iPhones and tablets should be harnessed to create active lifestyles for children,
30 Oct 2015
Researchers at the University of Nottingham are recruiting thousands of parkrun participants to assess whether
14 Aug 2015
Scientists have been able to demonstrate that humans have the ability to convert ‘bad’ white
26 Jun 2015
The screens and handheld devices that today’s youngsters are ‘hostages’ to should be harnessed as
19 Jun 2015
Fitness levels among English schoolchildren are lower than ever and still getting worse, with a
24 Apr 2015
In the past you might have expected to see them on the bowling green, but
02 Feb 2015
A new research project to identify the effects of exercise on young people’s hearts will
14 Jan 2015
Youth Sport Trust (YST) has launched its manifesto for PE and school sport ahead of
19 Nov 2014
MPs attending the first ever first Parliamentary Debate on physical activity have agreed the government
12 Sep 2014
People facing discrimination because of their size may be more likely to put on weight,
19 Aug 2014
An influential new report from a British think tank has given further support to the
06 May 2014
New ‘Level 4 Specialist Practitioner’ qualifications for personal trainers wanting to meet specific client needs
04 Apr 2014
A new portable device designed to alleviate lower back pain has been launched in the
17 Feb 2014
Leading a sedentary lifestyle could lead to negative changes in the shape of brain neurons,
22 Aug 2013
Half of all seven-year-olds in the UK are in risk of suffering from poor health
26 Jul 2012
Researchers working with a hunter-gatherer tribe in Tanzania have claimed that the global obesity epidemic
18 Jul 2012
A new study published in medical journal The Lancet has claimed that sedentary lifestyles and
18 Jul 2012
Image: Minister for sport Hugh Robertson was heavily criticised in the report The House of
06 Jun 2012
Image: The scheme will promote women's sport The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has offered its
03 Jun 2011
Scientists at Harvard University say the dramatic rise in adult obesity over recent decades is
01 May 2009
A new physical activity programme for youth not taking part in mainstream sports has been
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D2F had updated its brand styling to keep pace with
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director, Matt Aynsley, explain the rationale
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University of Sheffield Sport has opened the doors of its flagship
Goodwin Sports Centre following a major refurbishment
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New research has found BMI to be a highly inaccurate measure of childhood obesity, leading current thinking and policy based on it into question
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Industry suppliers are responding to the exponential increase in
consumer demand for strength training with a raft of new and
innovative launches and concepts, as Steph Eaves reports
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McFit, the original budget gym is undergoing
a transformation with a new look and
estate-wide overhaul, as Liz Terry reports
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As health club operators move to incorporate recovery into their
offerings to meet growing consumer demand, Steph Eaves takes a
look at what cryotherapy and ice bathing can add to the equation
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Egym has announced deals designed to position it for growth acceleration, as Kath Hudson reports
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Will Orr has been talking to HCM about the company’s
new strategy for 2024, as Kath Hudson reports
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Basic-Fit – which has been scaling rapidly across Europe –
is considering franchising to ramp up growth further afield
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Imposter syndrome about a promotion taught the
CEO of SATS that behaving authentically is the most
important part of leadership. He talks to Kath Hudson
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