fitness staff 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

Globally, gyms have, on average, seen nearly 70 per cent of their pre-lockdown members return to their facilities since re-opening their doors. The global figure ... More

Ever since the UK's leisure facilities were closed on "lockdown day" – 20 March – the charitable trusts and social enterprises managing them have been ... More

Fitness operator Gold's Gym International has parted ways with master franchisee Al Ahli Holding Group, which oversaw the operations of 14 branded clubs in the ... More

Serco Leisure's fitness staff will be offered a new training initiative focusing on the use of digital technology. Created in partnership with Life Fitness Academy ... More

A huge majority – 87 per cent – of fitness professionals working in the physical activity industry think new recruits are entering the sector with ... More

Serco Leisure, which operates more than 60 facilities across the UK, has become an employer partner of the sport and physical activity sector's chartered professional ... More

Future Fit Training has teamed up with Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) in a three-year deal to become the operator's exclusive health and fitness staff training ... More

Physical activity trackers are more likely to motivate people to get physically active if their use is coupled with wellness coaching – according to a ... More

The UK’s fitness workforce is “ill-equipped” to deal with the needs and requirements of a modern-day, diverse customer base – according to an industry report ... More

Retention is not the opposite of attrition. Big data is not the same as large data. Real brand engagement is about understanding the person that's ... More

UK health club operators may leave themselves vulnerable to potential employment tribunals if they fail to grasp the changing rules on how to calculate holiday ... More

The Retention Convention is back for 2016 with a second installment, featuring a bumper cast of health and fitness speakers who will focus on how ... More

The Gym Group is seeking staff from the hospitality sector to help fuel its expansion as the gym chain looks to inject extra dynamism and ... More

As part of the ongoing push across the physical activity sector to engage youngsters in exercise from an early age, Freedom Leisure is to train ... More

Fitness First will is launching a capital investment of £20m in 2013 in an attempt to return the brand to UK market leader. The spend ... More

Staffing specialist LeisureForce is to hold a number of free seminars aimed at UK-based female fitness and sports professionals who are looking to work in ... More

Alfonso Jimenez, chair of European Health and Fitness Association's (EHFA) Standard's Council, has called for more emphasis to be put on psychology in the training ... More

With more than 400 clubs already signed up, fitness staff across the country are preparing for the start of voting for the second annual Members ... More

Management company Everyone Active has trained up its entire fitness staff in order to be better equipped to offer physical activity sessions to children. A ... More

Leisure trust and social enterprise Tone has announced a new partnership with personal training management company Your PT, which will facilitate the expansion of Tone's ... More