ACE has released its top fitness trend predictions for 2026 in the US, along with suggestions about what this means for exercise professionals.

Workplace wellness schemes now go well beyond gym memberships, with increasingly-aware employees looking for wider wellbeing services

Dave Gerrish asks what’s next for digital in the physical activity sector

A Kickstarter campaign is underway to fund a fully automated wearable nutrition tracker which takes photos of food and calculates its calorific and nutritional values.

Fitness On Demand – which is part of Lift Brands – has announced it will partner with heart rate data app, G Beat, to add functionality to its wellness platform.

Offering people rewards can help motivate them to exercise more, according to new research, as Kath Hudson reports

Short-term incentives for exercise, such as using daily reminders, rewards or games, can lead to sustained increases in activity according to new research.

The explosion in consumer demand for strength training is driving a raft of innovative new launches from equipment suppliers, as Steph Eaves report

In a world where technology is advancing at a breakneck pace, it's no surprise that fitness clubs are also evolving to stay ahead of the game.

The founder of the Baseworks Method talks about his plans to work more closely with health and fitness industry professionals and operators

ACSM’s 2023 insight report tracks industry trends each year, creating a barometer of what’s hot and what’s not. HCM gives the lowdown

Wearable technology is 2023’s number one worldwide fitness trend according to the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), which has released a list of 20 industry trends taken from its annual survey.

Trainerize, the fitness business software making wellness accessible by empowering businesses to better engage with their members, announces its latest integration with Garmin®, a leading global provider of smartwatches, fitness trackers and digital health solutions.

The founder of the Active Giving app is passionate about saving the planet

The Gym Group and its hybrid partner, Fiit, have taken their relationship to a new level with the opening of in-gym Fiit Pods and Studios. HCM finds out more from Dan Shellard and Barney Harrison

A selection of stats to illustrate how the pandemic has impacted our industry

We’re used to digitised cardio equipment, but now strength is catching up, with the launch of new connected lines, as HCM reports

The combining of physical and digital has been playing an important role in membership-based fitness businesses, according to a new global customer survey by Virtuagym.

A recent report analysed the backgrounds of more than 300 fitness tech executives

Google has finally completed a US$2.1bn deal to acquire Fitbit, marking the tech giant's long-awaited entry to the wellness tech market.

Tech giant Amazon has entered the highly-contested health and fitness tracking market with a huge splash, launching an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered wearable alongside a subscription service and smartphone app.

Bans on meal deals, stricter rules on food advertising and printing calorie contents on menus are among the measures introduced in the government's new anti-obesity strategy – but there is little mentioning of gyms or exercise.

The UK's industry's leading trade associations have united to call for a major review of taxation and regulation to help operators rebound from the lockdown.

The PGA Tour has recently bought 1,000 Whoop bands for its golfers, after PGA Tour golfer Nick Watney said he was alerted via his Whoop band that he may have COVID-19.

Health and fitness innovation firm Oxystrap is reconfiguring its production line, shifting from fitness trackers to protective masks.

Fitness equipment giant Life Fitness has signed a deal to make Samsung Galaxy Watch devices compatible with a full line of premium Life Fitness cardio equipment.

Rising workplace stress among employees has led companies to increase their investment in incentives as rewards, with wearable fitness gadgets among the most popular corporate perks.

Ukactive has called on HM Treasury to invest more in the physical activity sector, in order to increase its impact across the full breadth of societal issues facing the UK today.

Those who use fitness trackers are twice as likely to enjoy their gym workout (61 per cent), when compared to those who don’t (30 per cent).

A new product aimed at the ageing population is combining wearable fitness tech with artificial intelligence to create a device designed to help predict potentially harmful ailments.