The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has finished delivering a pilot programme that assessed the benefits of physical activity on teachers' performance.
Held at schools in Devon, London, Manchester, North Tyneside, and Luton in Bedfordshire, the 12-week programme - called Active Teachers - comprised fortnightly group exercise classes such as body pump, circuits, cycling and yoga.
Organised by the FIA, and funded by the Youth Sports Trust, more than 100 teachers took part. Most attended their local gym three times a week for classes.
The impact of the programme on the teachers' lifestyles, their productivity and stress levels were then assessed. The results will be announced in August 2009, with the view of extending the programme to all UK schools.
The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has finished delivering a pilot programme that assessed the benefits of physical activity on teachers' performance.
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
GLL, the charitable social enterprise operating Libraries and Leisure Centres across the UK,
has today (9 June 2026) announced that it will be supporting the National Year of Reading as
a major campaign partner alongside national organisations, including BBC Sport, Audible, DC
Thomson and Tesco.
When brothers Patrick and Kevin first approached BLK BOX, they had a vision and an unusual
space. Beneath a building in Embrach, Switzerland, sat an underground facility with huge
potential. What it needed was the right layout, the right equipment, and a partner who
understood functional fitness.
The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has finished delivering a pilot programme that assessed the benefits of physical activity on teachers' performance.
Held at schools in Devon, London, Manchester, North Tyneside, and Luton in Bedfordshire, the 12-week programme - called Active Teachers - comprised fortnightly group exercise classes such as body pump, circuits, cycling and yoga.
Organised by the FIA, and funded by the Youth Sports Trust, more than 100 teachers took part. Most attended their local gym three times a week for classes.
The impact of the programme on the teachers' lifestyles, their productivity and stress levels were then assessed. The results will be announced in August 2009, with the view of extending the programme to all UK schools.
The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has finished delivering a pilot programme that assessed the benefits of physical activity on teachers' performance.
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
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
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
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
GLL, the charitable social enterprise operating Libraries and Leisure Centres across the UK,
has today (9 June 2026) announced that it will be supporting the National Year of Reading as
a major campaign partner alongside national organisations, including BBC Sport, Audible, DC
Thomson and Tesco.
When brothers Patrick and Kevin first approached BLK BOX, they had a vision and an unusual
space. Beneath a building in Embrach, Switzerland, sat an underground facility with huge
potential. What it needed was the right layout, the right equipment, and a partner who
understood functional fitness.