Edinburgh Leisure is launching a six-week introduction to Nordic walking as part of its award- winning Ageing Well Project.

With female menstrual cycles having such an impact on exercise outcomes, is it time for the industry to recognise this, get more comfortable with the conversation and develop more expertise to guide and support women? We ask the experts

The head of the World Health Organization’s Physical Activity Unit talks to Kate Cracknell as part of HCM’s partnership with Europe Active

Exercise had to move outside last year, but what was born out of necessity looks set to become an enduring trend. Kath Hudson looks at some of the innovative concepts, including yoga on the beach and pop ups in marquees

TRIB3 launches a new ‘gym in a container’ concept

Bootcamp fitness training studio TRIB3 has launched a new design concept which will bring mobile gyms to local parks, schools and open spaces across the UK and overseas.

Having taken the US by storm since its launch last week, and with UK users also getting in on the act, Pokémon Go is being held up as an unlikely antidote to physical inactivity.

ukactive chair Tanni Grey-Thompson has issued a strong rebuttal to a Times article which appeared to suggest that Coca Cola’s membership of the physical activity trade body had influenced its position on obesity.

The former triathlon and Ironman world champion talks to Kate Cracknell about her new role as part of the team at parkrun

Recent suggestions from health expert Dr Mike Loosemore, head of exercise medicine at UCL’s Institute of Sport Exercise and Health, posit that most people in the UK are so far away from the government’s recommended exercise guidelines that they give up before they even start.

The NHS should look to prescribe walking as a medical treatment for certain patients, according to a GP whose practice has yielded positive health benefits from exercise on recommendation.

Think-tank Policy Exchange has suggested that the UK government pilots a scheme to allow GPs to refer patients to non-clinical sources of support, such as fitness classes held in local parks.

CEO David Stalker talks about a new tie-up with Coca-Cola and how it fits with ukactive's mission

The town of Bury has received £1.8m funding to run an intensive one-year pilot to get more girls and women active and to tackle the gender gap in sport. Funded by National Lottery funding from Sport England, the scheme will run highly visible activities across the borough including in local parks and leisure centres.

Leeds City Council is moving ahead with plans to provide free sports and fitness sessions in an effort to get the city more active and reduce the burden on the public health system.

The former Kelmscott Leisure Centre has officially reopened as Walthamstow Leisure Centre this week as part of the council's £24m investment across the borough's five leisure facilities.