EuropeActive interim president, Marcel Boots and host, TV presenter and former Paralympian, Denise Schindler, have presented this year’s EuropeActive Awards at EHFF in Koln.

Dr Jobst Müller-Trimbusch has been dismissed from his role as joint CEO of RSG Group.

The 40th FIBO has taken place in Cologne, Germany, as Kath Hudson reports

Fitness First has entered into a strategic partnership with smart fitness technology specialist, EGYM, to launch “Able with Fitness First”, a personalised AI-driven training proposition.

Growing the Health and Fitness Sector Together was the theme of this year’s EuropeActive European Health and Fitness Forum (EHFF), which took place on 9 April in Köln.

As European fitness businesses head to the FIBO 2025 in Germany, Kath Hudson rounds up some of the key deals that have happened across Europe during the past year

RSG Group has announced that Gerd Schaller, brother of the late founder, Rainer Schaller, will join the management team as the third CEO on 1 January 2025.

The joint CEO of RSG Group tells Kath Hudson that a big move early on in his career prepared him to step up to the role on the death of Rainer Schaller

Having piloted the McFit rebrand earlier this year, RSG Group has now lifted the lid on the details of its “modernisation offensive.”

With the launch of its 49th John Reed, RSG Group is looking for more opportunities for its high- end brand in the US and Europe, but is pausing UK expansion.

The HCM team were busy at the recent FIBO Global Fitness event in Cologne, Germany, distributing a special FIBO edition of HCM in support of the event as its global media partner.

Industry experts are gathering in Cologne for today's European Health & Fitness Forum (EHFF), followed by FIBO from 11-14 April, which will feature almost 1,000 exhibitors.

The original low-cost gym concept is getting its third major makeover since being established in 1996, with the first club opening in Cologne. Liz Terry takes a look

Basic-Fit has acquired RSG’s Spanish portfolio of 47 clubs for €50m.

A new breed of health clubs is emerging with joining rules that include invitation-only and referral, with some requiring medical and training assessments, as Kath Hudson discovers

RSG Group has opened a new, flagship John Reed health club in the German capital Berlin.

European fitness operators have seen a strong return of members to their facilities, although there are continuing signs that the way customers are consuming fitness has been changed by the pandemic.

The new co-CEOs of RSG Group talk about succeeding the late Rainer Schaller and setting their course for the next stage of the company’s growth

RSG Group is considering the sale of its Spanish clubs, which include more than 40 McFit gyms, five Holmes Place sites and a Sergio Ramos by John Reed fitness club in Madrid.

RSG Group has announced that Hagen Wingertszahn and Dr Jobst Müller-Trimbusch will take over the leadership of RSG Group.

Authorities in Costa Rica have confirmed the death of RSG Group founder, Rainer Schaller and his son Aaron following a private plane crash on 21 October.

Rainer Schaller, founder and CEO of RSG group and his partner and two children are presumed dead after the private plane in which they were travelling lost radio contact off the coast of Costa Rica yesterday (21 October). children are presumed dead, after the aircraft in which they were travelling lost radio contact in Costa Rica.

Fitness powerhouse Rainer Schaller, CEO of RSG Group, has opened Heimat in LA, combining a luxury gym with a private members’ club

RSG Group has launched the flagship club for Heimat – the gym giant’s new fitness and wellness brand – in Los Angeles. It's the first of a number of sites expected to open over the next three years in Dallas, San Francisco, Berlin, and other cities.

Medicover, the private medical insurance provider, has acquired the Polish network of budget gym mega-brand McFit, owned by RSG Group. There are 14 McFit clubs in Poland across ten cities, including Warsaw, Wroclaw, Katowice and Szczecin. The deal brings the size of Medicover’s steadily growing gym network to 106.

Fusing art, fitness and music, RSG Group’s flagship brand – John Reed – opens its first location in the UK. Liz Terry takes a tour

Rainer Schaller's RSG Group has set 20 September as the opening date for its first John Reed health club in the UK.

As the world grapples with climate change and prepares for COP26 in Glasgow, David Minton says it’s time for the fitness industry to step up and make its own contribution to saving the planet

Rainer Schaller, founder of budget gym megabrand McFIT, says that the global fitness industry will have to prepare for permanent life with COVID-19 – but that the future will also present plenty of opportunities for the sector.

Deloitte’s eighth annual report into the European health and fitness market has assessed the destruction of the pandemic. Liz Terry summarises some key findings