digital fitness news
25 Apr 2022
Core Health & Fitness has acquired Digital fitness content provider, Wexer Holding, for an undisclosed
14 Apr 2022
Exercise scientists at the Les Mills Research Lab have identified the trait of automaticity –
11 Apr 2022
Cross-platform fit tech business Fiit, has hit a £1 million crowdfunding target in seven days.
16 Mar 2022
Boutique operator, Blok, has secured £3.75m in pre-Series A bridge funding to drive the growth
25 Feb 2022
Membership-management software company, Clubessential Holdings, announced the acquisition of Innovatise, the company behind myFitApp, the
18 Jan 2022
Wellness operator and fit tech company, LIT Method, (low-intensity training) is ramping up expansion after
More than 100 industry delegates met in person at the annual active-net event at Eastwood
No two gyms are the same, but making the most of artificial intelligence (AI) and
15 Dec 2021
Pure Gym has dropped plans for an IPO which it revealed in August, opting instead
21 Nov 2021
Location and cost are the top considerations for consumers when it comes to choosing a
11 Oct 2021
Basic-Fit has officially opened its 1,000th club, with the launch of a new site in
04 Oct 2021
Les Mills is expanding its digital operations by replacing its existing on-demand services with the
30 Sep 2021
Sport England has spent £1.5m launching its own on-demand fitness platform, with the hope of
ACTIV, a gym chain in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which operates separate gyms for men and
14 Sep 2021
Fitness equipment giant Nautilus has acquired VAY, a firm specialising in AI and motion technology.
27 Aug 2021
Shares in Peloton have fallen after the company revealed fourth-quarter losses. It also said that
16 Aug 2021
Boutique chain Barry's has entered the digital fitness market with Barry's X, offering community-driven workouts.
10 Aug 2021
myFitApp has launched a new chat function to its streamed fitness content, making it easier
02 Aug 2021
Nearly half (49 per cent) of health club members in the US who've cancelled their
27 Jul 2021
The Gym Group has extended its partnership with digital fitness platform Fiit, becoming the first
Global fitness technology provider Virtuagym has raised a new €3m investment from Icecat, an Amsterdam-based
21 Jul 2021
Digital fitness content provider, Wexer, is launching a new wellness resource on its connected Web
13 Jul 2021
Digital fitness coaching firm Asensei has released an API platform which allows developers of connected
07 Jul 2021
The Great Outdoor Gym Company (TGO) has launched a digital fitness platform. The outdoor fitness
02 Jul 2021
Rainer Schaller Global Group (RSG Group) has opened a huge flagship Gold's Gym club in
24 Jun 2021
Technogym has launched a new app featuring an AI-powered digital coach. The Technogym App is
23 Jun 2021
After months of lockdown, people all over the world are returning to the gym with
13 May 2021
HCM understands that Fitness International, which operates more than 700 health clubs under the LA
27 Feb 2021
People placing increased emphasis on their physical fitness, the advances made in digital fitness and
15 Jan 2021
Fitness First has launched a new free digital fitness hub, offering users a wide range
16 Dec 2020
A third (32 per cent) of US health club members remain unable to attend their
10 Dec 2020
Les Mills On Demand has been named as the "Best At-home Workout" award for 2020
08 Dec 2020
How Will Fitness Evolve In 2021? Uscreen is the premier video monetization platform on a
23 Nov 2020
In collaboration with ukactive, FunXtion has driven a global discussion with some of the world’s
05 Oct 2020
Digital fitness tech and on-demand platform, Intelivideo, has appointed former Gold's Gym CEO, Adam Zeitsiff,
01 Oct 2020
Digital fitness brand Fiit has secured a groundbreaking deal with satellite TV giant, Sky, to
18 Sep 2020
Boutique gym attendance and class bookings in some world regions have bounced back to around
15 Sep 2020
Les Mills has launched a trio of digital solutions to help fitness operators shift towards
09 Sep 2020
The Global Wellness Summit (GWS), has announced that a “Call for Wellness Innovations” contest, as
07 Sep 2020
In April 2020, two-thirds of the world’s gyms went into temporary closure due to COVID-19.
17 Jul 2020
Global fitness giant, Les Mills, has announced a date for a live webinar focusing on
30 Jun 2020
Franchise operator Club Pilates has shown that there is growing confidence in the US fitness
17 Jun 2020
Three industry firms – Active IQ, fibodo and Study Active – have teamed up to create
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Pulse Fitness and Bolsover District Council have been collaborating for many years to deliver dedicated community activity spaces
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The Global Wellness Summit brought together public health
and wellness experts in Boston recently. Jane Kitchen was
there for HCM to see first-hand what this ‘New new
era in health and wellness’ will look like for the sector
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Having a portfolio of more than 1,000 health club locations is the aim of ambitious operators, with this elite category growing fast, creating new dynamics in the market
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Each health club has its own unique challenges,
but the right tech solution can make all the
difference. In the first of a two-part series,
specialists share how they’ve solved specific issues
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Social media influencers cause harm by raising unrealistic expectations of physical perfection, as Andrea Dearden explains
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In April, Deloitte and Europe
Active published the ninth edition
of their yearly European Health
and Fitness Market Report, as
Karsten Hollasch explains
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In the wake of the pandemic, is the time ripe to change the language around
the role of exercise professionals, and gain greater trust from the healthcare sector?
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As HCM passed its
300th edition milestone,
readers shared their
thoughts and feelings
on HCM’s contribution
to the industry in a very
special postbag
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Louis Rennocks
Co-founder, Grndhouse“We want Grndhouse to be everywhere: in gyms, hotels, on holidays, at home – it’s boutique fitness in your hand”
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Gunnar Peterson
Chief of athletics, F45“Choose consistent over perfect. That’s the long game. It’s never too late to pivot to that mindset”
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What to do when your changing rooms need a refresh,
but your budget is stretched? These specialists share
their top tips for easy upgrades that won’t break the bank
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The pandemic brought about our sector’s
biggest ever collaboration on COVID
safety data. Lizzie Broughton tells the story
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