Eighty-four per cent of consumers now say wellness is a top priority in their lives, with this percentage increasing year on year, according to a preview presentation of McKinsey’s Future of Wellness 2026 research report.

Group exercise specialists, Les Mills, questioned 10,000 consumers across five continents about their fitness habits in the 2026 Global Fitness Report. One of the key takeaways is that joy is a major motivator of making a fitness habit stick

Total Fitness polled more than 5,000 UK adults to find out what women want from the gym experience and shares the fascinating insights with the industry

PureGym’s Rebecca Passmore, Karl Sanft from 24 Hour Fitness and SATS’ Sondre Gravir are among the line up of industry leaders to share their opinions on a range of subjects, including whether cardio is making a comeback and where the recovery trend will go

PureGym is encouraging people to step away from their screens and go for a walk, in a new initiative timed to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Month. 

As UK market penetration hits 18 per cent, how much higher could it go?

A white paper on women’s fitness, commissioned by Total Fitness, is a call to action says its CEO, Sophie Lawler

Built around behaviour change science, guruPaul is an innovation from retention specialist, Paul Bedford.

New global consumer insight commissioned by Les Mills has identified what motivates consumers to exercise

It’s time to get emotional in inspiring members to find joy and pleasure in their workouts, says Liz Terry

As GP appointments get harder to come by in the UK, a survey from Confused.com life insurance finds that more people are using AI to diagnose themselves.

David Lloyd Clubs is launching a range of new classes where the emphasis is on fun and play, to help people to build the fitness habit.

Some 10,000 consumers across five continents have been questioned about their fitness habits for the 2026 Global Fitness Report commissioned by Les Mills, revealing interesting insights about consumer behaviour.

How exercise makes you feel is one of the strongest predictors of whether people will stick with it long term, according to behaviour change expert, Dr Heather McKee.

Charitable social enterprise, GLL has launched an enhanced digital health and wellbeing platform on its Better_uk App, called Live Better.

Myzone is expanding its ecosystem with the launch of Myzone Go

We talk to the behaviour change specialist on what more the industry can be doing to motivate its members

Evolving from its business-to-consumer origins, connected fitness app Fiit launched One Fiit, a business- to-business operating system built to deliver digital and in-real-life group training at scale.

Childhood trauma is linked to mental health problems and chronic pain in later life and is a leading driver of health inequalities, according to research from University of Aberdeen.

The CEO of Plymouth Active on the area’s strategic plan to use physical activity with public health to tackle inequalities

South Africa-born Terence talks about his journey to teaching meditation and mindfulness after suffering two cardiac arrests

Hussle, the country’s largest flexible fitness platform, has announced a new national partnership with Habitual, the UK’s leading digital weight loss programme combining GLP-1 medication with behaviour change support.

PureGym, Sir Chris Hoy, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust have teamed up to encourage men with prostate cancer to be more active.

The exercise physiologist and research scientist is leading on brain health at Orangetheory. She talks to Kath Hudson

For many people the relentlessness of the hustle culture is costing our happiness. Tim Jack Adams, founder of wellbeing consultancy GreenX7, says most of his clients comment on experiencing a lack of sleep and a lack of fun. He says play isn’t just frivolous, it’s essential, especially with mental illness on the rise.

Research from the University of Oxford has found that people using weight loss drugs return to their original weight less than a year after stopping the injections.

Insurance company, Vitality, has published a report into the exercise habits of British women, and explores the critical barriers preventing many from meeting physical activity guidelines.

After one year in the CEO seat at The Gym Group, Will Orr says The Next Chapter growth strategy is going well and more expansion in the UK is planned.

Landmark research from Les Mills reveals the vital interventions required to set new members up for success and keep them coming back for more

The Gym Group’s CEO gives HCM a progress report, a year after he made the move from the world of media to the fitness industry