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Coming from a personal training background, my experience has taught me that people hire the trainer before the training
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Offering red light therapy to your members can
create a valuable source of secondary spend, while
also supporting them with their recovery and
delivering improvements to mobility, circulation
and muscle soreness, as Karen Maxwell explains
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Supplier showcase
Venueserve Fitness is working with the Health Club Collection to drive its digital customer engagement
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Editor's letter
There’s never been a more important time for us all to be focused on lobbying, as the industry fights for its work and potential to be recognised and supported
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Research
Tracking consumers’ sentiment in relation to lockdowns gives valuable insights into members’ priorities. Leisure-net surveyed the first two UK lockdowns and is currently working on the third. Dave Monkhouse reports on results from the lockdown 2 survey
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Third Space members embrace new digital app, viewing 75,000 workouts in just three months
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When Geoff Whitington started
to see his life unravel as a result
of diabetes, his sons Anthony and
Ian gave up their jobs to help him
change his lifestyle. This resulted
in a new lease of life for all of them.
Anthony Whitington, co-creator
of BBC documentary, Fixing Dad,
speaks to HCM’s Kath Hudson about
the journey the family has been
on, their mission to inspire others
to engage with their health and the
launch of new initiative, Fixing Us
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“If we could get bike journeys up from 2% to 4% it would make a huge impact on emissions, people’s health and mental wellbeing”
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“It speaks volumes that the very first time we went for Investors in People, we came out with a gold rating. Our culture is very important to us”
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Resistance training is just as beneficial for women over the age of 50 as it is for men, according to a new study from the University of New South Wales
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“The RISE programme will give people the physical literacy and a nurtured baseline of confidence to encourage them into other forms of exercise in gyms and leisure centres”
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“All products have been priced competitively, using Amazon as a benchmark, to ensure the shop can thrive in a competitive market”
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“Our members can find everything they’re looking for here, from a weekday morning workout class to a weekend date night”
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Stephen Tharrett, co-founder, ClubIntel
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Most of the world is dealing with some form of disruption to daily life, work life and
finances, as well as navigating an uncertain world. Even those who enjoy robust mental
health are finding themselves suffering from stress, anxiety, low mood and insomnia.
What can the health and fitness industry do to help? Kath Hudson reports
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More than 1,700 industry professionals from 47 different
countries joined the virtual Retention Convention recently,
making it one of the sector’s largest online events of the year