fitness news

As health clubs and gyms reopen following lockdowns, it is "absolutely crucial" operators take a tough stance when it comes to enforcing social distancing and ... More

IHRSA and Fitness Brasil say they have signed a partnership agreement that will see the two organisations working together on industry events for 'at least ... More

World Leisure Organization (WLO) has opened the entry process for its International Innovation Prize. Now in its ninth year, the award celebrates organisations that have ... More

Health clubs, leisure centres and studios in England have opened today (12 April) for the first time during 2021. Some opened their doors to exercisers ... More

A major new initiative will look to strengthen and unite the fitness industry's voice in influencing policy and policymakers in the US. The National Health ... More

Leisure centre operator Everyone Active has formed a partnership with WW (formerly called Weight Watchers), which will see the two combining their exercise and dietary ... More

As health clubs and fitness studios in England are counting the hours down to reopening day on Monday 12 April, PureGym has announced it will ... More

Empowered Brands, the franchise investment business that acquired énergie Fitness out of a CVA in June 2020, has announced plans to accelerate the roll-out of ... More

John Treharne, founder of The Gym Group, and Jana Havrdová, president of the Czech Chamber of Fitness, are among four new members to have been ... More

Questex, owner of industry buyer event, Sibec EU, has announced it will partner with FIBO in 2021, moving the event alongside the trade show and ... More

At-home fitness giant Peloton has officially completed the acquisition of equipment provider Precor, in a deal worth US$420m. Precor will now become a division of ... More

Danish health club operator Repeat, launched in 2016 by serial fitness entrepreneur Rasmus Ingerslev, has filed for bankruptcy. The news comes after the chain, which ... 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

Boutique fitness behemoth Xponential Fitness has added boxing studio operator Rumble to its ever-growing portfolio of brands. Rumble delivers 45-minute, 10-round, full-body strength and conditioning ... More

A new "supergroup" of boutique fitness brands will look to help pool resources and use their collective strength to grow their individual businesses. The founders ... More

Total Fitness is entering into a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), after being hit hard by the pandemic lockdowns. The company, which has 17 clubs in ... More

Children aged between 4 and 6 who have better cardiorespiratory health than their peers also do better on cognitive tests and other measures of brain ... More

Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex has become the first chief impact officer of US-based coaching and mental health firm BetterUp. The Duke is a ... More

It is unlikely that the UK will see a Work Out to Help Out scheme being introduced, despite sports minister Nigel Huddleston saying he "understood" ... More

Langham Hospitality Group will manage its third luxury hotel in Gold Coast, Australia, housed within a new Chad Oppenheim-designed crystalline jewel tower. Opening Q4 2021, ... More

The German health club industry has weathered the effects of the pandemic better than many other countries, despite widespread lockdowns and disruption, according to figures ... More

The UK parliament will today (22 March) debate the merits of a Work Out to Help Out scheme, designed to offer subsidised access to health ... More

Nuffield Health has acquired the lease for the historic Barbican health club site in London, which is currently operated by Virgin Active. Located on Aldersgate ... More

David Lloyd will reopen 79 of its clubs in England for outdoor fitness on Monday 29 March – two weeks before indoor fitness facilities are ... More

The Gym Group saw its revenues cut by nearly half during the pandemic, a direct result of the group losing 45 per cent of its ... More