Belfast City Council’s annual Week of Dance kicks off on 9 September.
The week’s dance activities will include: Hawaiian hula, Mexican folk partner dancing, bellydancing, salsa, urban disco, circle dancing, junior Latino disco, jive dancing and the Argentine tango.
Deputy Lord Mayor Ruth Patterson said: “Dancing is a great way to keep fit and have fun – it builds stamina, strengthens and tones your legs and body, increases flexibility and relieves stress.
“There are lots of dance classes available in the city’s leisure and community centres so, whatever your age and interest, there should be something to get your body moving.” Details: www.belfastcity.gov.uk
Belfast City Council’s annual Week of Dance kicks off on 9 September.
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
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
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an
on-demand personal training platform that connects the right personal trainer to the right
client in under 10 seconds.
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing
disparate information from multiple systems to be aggregated into one dataset, to support
its focus on reducing health inequalities and improving healthy life expectancy.
French fitness chain On Air Fitness, with 113 clubs across France and internationally
(Spain, Morocco and Portugal) and more than 430,000 members, has chosen to introduce Panatta
equipment — a 12-machine circuit from the premium Free Weight Special line —
Belfast City Council’s annual Week of Dance kicks off on 9 September.
The week’s dance activities will include: Hawaiian hula, Mexican folk partner dancing, bellydancing, salsa, urban disco, circle dancing, junior Latino disco, jive dancing and the Argentine tango.
Deputy Lord Mayor Ruth Patterson said: “Dancing is a great way to keep fit and have fun – it builds stamina, strengthens and tones your legs and body, increases flexibility and relieves stress.
“There are lots of dance classes available in the city’s leisure and community centres so, whatever your age and interest, there should be something to get your body moving.” Details: www.belfastcity.gov.uk
Belfast City Council’s annual Week of Dance kicks off on 9 September.
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
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
Strength training is evolving,
driven by changing consumer
preferences. Julie Cramer talks
to innovators about how their
products are meeting this demand
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
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
New insight from Deloitte and Grant Thornton shows record growth, but the real shift is towards identity and perceived value, revealing opportunities to deepen engagement with members
Record market penetration in the UK
fitness sector masks a deeper shift
around consumer engagement, according
to a report from Grant Thornton and
UK Active, as Liz Terry reports
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an
on-demand personal training platform that connects the right personal trainer to the right
client in under 10 seconds.
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing
disparate information from multiple systems to be aggregated into one dataset, to support
its focus on reducing health inequalities and improving healthy life expectancy.
French fitness chain On Air Fitness, with 113 clubs across France and internationally
(Spain, Morocco and Portugal) and more than 430,000 members, has chosen to introduce Panatta
equipment — a 12-machine circuit from the premium Free Weight Special line —