CrossFit news

Brand specialist, Kantar, has ranked a key group of health and fitness operators by consumer awareness scores to find a winner in a prompted recall ... More

Frasers Group, owner of Everlast Gyms, has acquired the assets of WIT Fitness from administrators RG Insolvency, adding the brand to its portfolio. A health ... More

Lebanese health club chain, Fitness Zone, has marked its international expansion with the launch of a site on the famous City Walk in Dubai, UAE. ... More

Compassionate activity tracker Gentler Streak has been crowned Apple Watch App of the Year. The app, from startup Gentler Stories, which was founded in 2021, ... More

A list of 250 of the UK’s most popular gyms on Instagram has crowned Psycle in Oxford Circus the most posted club. According to the ... More

Antonio Iozzo, founder and CEO of Body Action Gym in Johannesburg, South Africa, has announced plans to open his upscale clubs in seven locations across ... More

Six Senses is scheduled to open its first Indian destination in Rajasthan in mid-October 2021, complete with a 2,800sq m spa. The wellness sanctuary will ... More

The US fitness industry is mobilising to support the Gym Mitigation and Survival (GYMs) Act, which could provide up to US$30bn in grants to health ... More

Global spa consultancy and contract management company, Resense, is set to unveil Asia’s first boutique fitness and wellbeing experience in Bangkok, after two years' planning ... More

Greg Glassman, founder of CrossFit, has sold the fitness company to entrepreneur Eric Roza – two weeks after Glassmann faced fierce backlash for a tweet ... More

CrossFit founder and CEO, Greg Glassman, has resigned following a backlash over his controversial tweet relating to the murder of George Floyd. On 6 June, ... More

Action PR has launched Action Fitness Models, a modelling firm tailored to the fitness industry which represents models with genuine fitness ability. Action Fitness Models ... More

The newly opened Higgins Hotel New Orleans has been designed by Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe & Associates (NBWW) and Kay Lang + Associates (KLA) to ... More

The physical activity economy is now a US$828bn (€752bn, £655bn) market – and its value is expected to grow further to US$1.1tn (€1tn, £870bn) by ... More

Boutique indoor cycling operator Psycle has written to its members, announcing plans to close its studio at Canary Wharf in London. In an emailed letter, ... More

Saturday, 8 June 2019 will mark the eighth annual Global Wellness Day (GWD), and thousands of locations across the world – including hotel/spa chains, fitness ... More

Leisure trust Active Nation has opened a new club in Long Eaton, Nottingham. The operator acquired the site from Fit4Less in December 2018 and the ... More

Global architecture and design firm Gensler have collaborated with sports giant Reebok to create a new concept transforming gas stations across the US into fitness ... More

US-based Genesis Health Clubs has purchased its 13th Kansas City location - HealthRidge Fitness Centre in Olathe - taking the number of gyms in its ... More

A new 900sq m (9,688sq ft) Eagles Spa by Elemis is set to open near the birthplace of Aristotle, in time to celebrate the great ... More

Equipment provider Escape Fitness has transformed its Cambridgeshire testing centre into a fitness studio for staff and members of the public. Called The Escape, the ... More

Fitness First Middle East has opened its first ever standalone studio not attached to a traditional health club. The 800sq m (8,611sq ft) studio in ... More

Fitness First Middle East (FFME) has opened its latest XFit studio – the operator’s own CrossFit-style offering – in Dubai. A purpose-built high-intensity training studio, ... More

Icon Training has announced a new collaboration with British Weight Lifting (BWL) to broaden education and understanding of the fast-growing sport. Recent successes at international ... More

A pair of gyms in Warminster, run independently by two sisters and their husbands, have both received a major equipment fit-out from Physical Company. Studiobelle ... More