McFit news

Basic-Fit has signed up to trial Wellhub across its recently expanded Spanish network, giving access to subscribers and enabling them to use all 152 of ... More

Europe’s largest fitness chain, Basic-Fit, has consolidated its position in France with the launch of its 800th club on the iconic Champs-Élysées, in Paris, confirming ... More

A deal between one of the world’s biggest gym groups and a streaming giant involves members of RSG Group’s gyms being offered a Paramount+ subscription. ... More

Basic-Fit has acquired RSG Group’s Spanish portfolio of 47 clubs for €50m. RSG had signalled its intention to exit the Spanish market back in March ... More

Sport Alliance has named Erwin Korst vice president sales international. The appointment comes as the company announces US$100m of new funding from PSG Equity to ... More

RSG Group is considering the sale of its Spanish clubs, which include more than 40 McFit gyms, five Holmes Place sites and a Sergio Ramos ... More

RSG Group has announced that Hagen Wingertszahn and Dr Jobst Müller-Trimbusch will take over the leadership of RSG Group. They will have co-CEO positions following ... More

Authorities in Costa Rica have confirmed the death of RSG Group founder, Rainer Schaller and his son Aaron following a private plane crash on 21 ... More

Rainer Schaller, founder and CEO of RSG group and his partner and two children are presumed dead after the private plane in which they were ... More

RSG Group has launched the flagship club for Heimat – the gym giant’s new fitness and wellness brand – in Los Angeles. It's the first ... More

Medicover, the private medical insurance provider, has acquired the Polish network of budget gym mega-brand McFit, owned by RSG Group. There are 14 McFit clubs ... More

The number of people with a gym membership in Europe increased by 1 million (or 2 per cent) during 2021 – up from 55.2 million ... More

Rainer Schaller's RSG Group has set 20 September as the opening date for its first John Reed health club in the UK. The 2,000sq m ... More

Rainer Schaller, founder of budget gym megabrand McFIT, says that the global fitness industry will have to prepare for permanent life with COVID-19 – but ... More

Rainer Schaller Global Group (RSG Group) has opened a huge flagship Gold's Gym club in the German capital city Berlin. Marketed as the “gym of ... More

Rainer Schaller's RSG Group is bringing its John Reed brand of health clubs to the UK for the first time. Set to open in London's ... More

Rainer Schaller's RSG Group has opened a John Reed Fitness club in downtown Los Angeles – the first in North America. Located in the city's ... More

As the global vaccine rollout brings reopening closer and heralds the end of lockdowns, jostling is beginning for the resumption of live fitness industry events ... More

A new fitness industry event is looking to challenge the likes of FIBO with a trade show targeting the European fitness market at the end ... More

Rainer Schaller, the founder of budget gym megabrand McFIT, has added iconic franchised chain Gold's Gym to his portfolio of fitness businesses. The deal, worth ... More

McFit founder, Rainer Schaller, has announced a new brand for his sprawling fitness empire. In an exclusive interview with HCM magazine, Schaller announced the company ... More

As reported in HCM earlier this month, the European health and fitness market continued to grow strongly in 2018, as the total number of health ... More

The European fitness market continues to grow at a steady rate, according to the latest European Health & Fitness Market Report, published in partnership by ... More

Staff retention, leadership culture, professionalisation and quality standards will come under the microscope at this year’s European Health & Fitness Forum (EHFF). The event, which ... More

Budget operators are shaping the fitness landscape in Germany, with six of the top 10 for membership numbers targeting the low-cost market. Analysis released by ... More