How can health clubs best leverage the ever-growing Pilates boom?

Brain stimulation device, Alpha-Stim is receiving growing support from health professionals and people with anxiety, insomnia and chronic pain.

We’re in the middle of a 21st century Renaissance, driven by Gen Alpha, who are more focused on health and community, says analyst and founder of Leisure DB, David Minton

Sweat-sensing wearable innovator, Epicore Biosystems has announced an additional US$6 million in Series B funding, bringing the total raise to US$32 million.

Consumer demand and product innovation is making Pilates an exciting proposition for health clubs, finds Julie Cramer

As Pilates moves into the mainstream, we ask suppliers how they’re responding to the increasing demand for kit and training

How can operators tap into growing and more diverse Pilates market segments by changing the way they connect with people?

As we celebrate the publication of the 300th edition of HCM, we invite industry experts to give their insights on the health and fitness sector: why they joined, the most exciting development to date, and what they think we’ll be reporting on in the next 300 issues

2021 has been dubbed the year of the ‘Great Resignation’, with numerous people in the UK reassessing their career path.

Industry body, ukactive, has published new data from the National ReferAll Database (NRD) – the UK’s first open access database for exercise referral schemes.

New Forest District Council in the UK has chosen leisure trust Freedom Leisure as its preferred bidder to manage the region's leisure facilities.

Regular, daily exercise has a powerful, positive effect on people's immune systems – and the public should be encouraged to exercise and workout regularly even in lockdown.

Snap Fitness has made international expansion its priority for 2020, with plans to enter new territories during the year.

Liz Terry shares her thoughts

The number of UK adults classed as physically active has increased by 1 million in the past four years.

The UK fitness industry should make a concerted effort to highlight the importance of strength training, following the publication of the Chief Medical Officer's (CMO) guidelines for physical activity.

Members of Gen Z have come of age and are now some of the most engaged consumers of fitness. Researchers, leisure-net, look at the numbers

ukactive has called for the physical activity sector to increase the amount of evidence it shares on exercise referral schemes. The industry body said that by sharing more evidence, the sector can study outcomes and "better understand why some schemes are more effective than others". As a result, the sector would be able to create better schemes, maximise its contribution to the NHS and create further opportunities for collaboration.

The ukactive Research Institute has announced plans to make all academic research it conducts available as 'pre-print articles' to stakeholders in the physical activity sector.

New research has shown that those taking part in supervised resistance training benefit from vast improvements in strength, fitness and weight loss, in comparison to traditional training methods.

Loughborough is getting a hotel with altitude bedrooms: get fit while you sleep

ukactive's new research lead is part of the group charged with the job of revising physical activity guidelines for adults

ukactive has named Dr James Steele as its new principal investigator – a role which will see him lead the ukactive Research Institute.

US-based health club operator Snap Fitness has partnered with Grammy-award winning country music star Tim McGraw to create a chain of signature health clubs.

Record, respond, resolve – key stages in a customer feedback system. Leisure-net’s Mike Hill explains why opening up avenues for customer feedback is a great opportunity, not risky business

International gym franchise Snap Fitness has announced that it has signed a major UK development plan with MSG Life to open 30 new clubs – the largest deal in the brand’s history.

Nutrient-seeking bodybuilders who buy human breast milk over the internet risk contracting diseases such as hepatitis B and C, HIV and syphilis, experts have warned.

Researchers at the University of Wollongong (UOW) in Australia have developed a smart bra which tightens and supports during exercise, using minuscule sensors which detect breast movement.

Global 24/7 gym franchise Snap Fitness has set its sights on major growth in the UK through a new master development agreement with fitness startup TwentyTwoYards.

Breakfast is not the most important meal of the day, contrary to popular belief that food eaten after a good night’s sleep is vital to kickstart metabolism and prevents snacking later in the day – according to a study by researchers at The University of Bath.