The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) has clocked up its 50,000th registration, taking the total number of active members to more than 26,000.

Registrar Cliff Collins said: “We estimate that around 65 per cent of fitness professionals are now registered with us and more are joining all the time.

“Hitting the 50,000th registration milestone in five years is a fantastic achievement and one which we all feel very proud of.

“The Register has been fortunate enough to enjoy a great level of support from the industry since it started and we hope that will continue well into the next lot of 50,000 registrations.”