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Total Fitness has released results for its most recent financial year (to June 23), which saw a return to pre-COVID membership levels following a year-on-year ... More

Two of the largest health club operators in the US have announced that members and guests will be required to wear face masks when entering ... More

Group exercise is being presented as a solution to two of society's growing problems – inactivity and loneliness. A study, published this week by EMD ... More

Fitness On Demand (FoD) has signed a partnership deal with fitness software platform Virtuagym, making FoD's premium fitness workouts available to Virtuagym members by integrating ... More

Fitness tech startup Fiit has announced a £2.4m seed investment to launch its on-demand home exercise platform. Led by a team of ex-Google employees and ... More

UK-based dance fitness brand Clubbercise has launched an instructor training course in Australia. Nine students passed the first course and can now teach classes in ... More

A personal trainer hoping to secure contracts and minimum levels of pay for fitness professionals has received backing from the largest union in the UK. ... More

Budget gym operator Xercise4Less has launched a £1 per month gym membership for a year for NHS employees to help them stay fit. Staff can ... More

The long-running saga of the sale of Fitness First’s UK clubs looks to be in its final act, as up to five operators are understood ... More

Budget giants Pure Gym and The Gym Group are leading the way in terms of brand engagement on social media, but a new report shows ... More

Wexer Virtual has teamed up with Connected Fitness Labs – a stand-alone subsidiary of Fitness First – to create a new app designed to expand ... More

The ability to consistently source suitable properties will be key for gym chain’s targeting major growth in 2016, with competition for sites hotting up in ... More

Lithuania-based fitness chain Impuls LTU has acquired Estonia’s Arctic Sport Clubs, making it the first pan-Baltic fitness centre operator. The company signed a 100 per ... More

The physical activity sector has the potential to broaden its appeal to investors and gain ‘an even bigger wingspan’ if it can demonstrate its true ... More

Privaty equity firm NorthEdge Capital has backed a buyout of Total Fitness Health Clubs Limited - led by the gym chains's management team - to ... More

The growing popularity of extreme fitness challenges such as Iron Man events and triathlons has led to a raft of new training tie-ups, as health ... More

After what has been generally viewed as a successful 2014 for the physical activity sector, the industry must now take further steps to raise its ... More

Pure Gym has joined a number of high-profile UK gym chains in setting its sights on dominating the capital’s fitness market by announcing a raft ... More

Fitness First has announced it will double the pace of its UK and Australia club transformation programme – citing encouraging business results – as the ... More

The co-founder of London-based group fitness studio chain Heartcore Fitness has revealed ambitious expansion plans as the business bids to cash in on a sector ... More

A number of high-profile gym chains and businesses will be demonstrating the potential for health and fitness industry profits by featuring at The National Franchise ... More

Low cost health club operators Pure Gym and The Gym Group have announced the termination of their proposed merger. The move comes in the wake ... More

One of Sweden’s leading gym chains has banned changing room 'selfies' at its Stockholm clubs in a bid to protect the modesty of its members. ... More

US-based health club franchise Snap Fitness is set to open Market Harborough’s first 27/access club on 5 July. The new facility will be the third ... More

Image: The new zones will offer suspension training New Zealand-based gym operator cityfitness has announced plans to introduce a "garage-style training approach" alongside its core ... More