Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Elevate has had its busiest show to date, with almost 200 exhibitors, 115 seminars and 200 speakers over two days.

Encouraging members to walk or dance on non-gym days could be a great strategy for health club operators, says Muir Gray

Across Europe there are encouraging signs that governments are waking up to the value of exercise and the services the fitness sector provides.

Huw Edwards argues that school holiday schemes must be funded, while Natasha Jones celebrates the end of medical consultations before exercise

Improving the pathway between health and physical activity for people living with long-term conditions is the ambition of, Moving Together, a new two-year programme backed by the National Lottery.

The resilience of the UK fitness sector and its thirst for innovation was evident at Elevate which took place in London last week. Key takeaways were the need for data and communication.

Nuffield and Manchester Metropolitan University are partnering to deliver medical interventions in a fitness setting

Dr Davina Deniszczyc from Nuffield Health says the time is ripe for the sector to step up and work alongside health professionals in prevention and cure for MSK issues, post-surgical rehab, Long COVID and those in treatment for cancer

Dr Tim Anstiss talks to HCM about the ‘coachbots’ he’s developing to help clubs successfully support behaviour change in members

More than 200 organisations and athletes in the UK have signed an open letter to party leaders to commit to making the nation the most active in Europe after next month’s General Election.

While there’s much talk of fitness and healthcare working closer together, research shows that there are still many barriers to overcome

Return to in-person exercise is reflected in the results of the American College of Sport’s Medicine (ACSM) trends list for 2024, with wearable technology top once again.

The Exercise for Health Summit (EfHS), organised by EuropeActive, kicked off today at the Melia Castille in Madrid, with the timing designed to coincide with the Spanish Presidency of the European Council, in the second half of 2023

New research shows that children who get involved with organised physical activity in the first two years of school develop more powerful reasoning skills

Children who take part in organised physical activity or sport over their first two school years, while also having better diets and spending more time reading have more powerful reasoning skills than peers who don't have the benefit of these kinds of support or engagement.

As data shows health spend correlates with longevity, experts discuss how this insight is driving new industry priorities

As Technogym celebrates its 40th anniversary year, its founder talks about his passion for spreading the message of wellness worldwide

Can exercise professionals gain the wider trust of the medical community, and play a pivotal role in the wellbeing agenda?

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

The team behind new report, Benefits Outweigh the Risks, report that exercise is safe for the vast majority of people

The bonds that existed long ago between exercise and healthcare must be reforged, says Muir Gray

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

Muir Gray argues the industry needs a change of focus to optimise its potential

Wattbike’s lead sport scientist Eddie Fletcher discusses the importance of health assessments, changes in consumer behaviour post-lockdown and the latest UK government strategy

The Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre is working to improve population health

Our news team at HCM rounds up some of the highlights from recent medical research in the health, fitness and wellbeing industry. Give your brain a boost, work out safely and tweet your fitness are just some of the insights

Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) has combined social media posts and machine learning to chart entire populations' exercise habits.

Exercising can be difficult with a new baby. We look at the exercise concepts helping new mums to stay active

Wellness Week 2019 has kicked off in Romagna, Italy. The event will run from 17 to 26 May.

The Moving Medicine initiative and Wattbike were among the winners of this year's Elevate Innovation Awards.