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The Lance Armstrong Foundation is set to fund research at the Vanderbilt University Medical Centre in Tennessee, US, to see if regular exercise can alleviate the memory and cognitive problems that many cancer survivors experience following chemotherapy.
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18 May 2006
Parkwood Leisure has begun operation in the private health and fitness sector, following the acquisition of two Sportz Academy clubs in Hertfordshire.
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11 May 2006
Academy Leisure Group is selling its UK operational assets in a disposal package that features the company’s three North Yorkshire-based health clubs.
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04 May 2006
Already well-known in the Littlehampton area for scoring the winning goal
and securing a gold medal for English football in the 2005 Deaf Olympics, 23-year-old BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lee Farrell has now become the
UK’s first profoundly deaf lifeguard.
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04 May 2006
A new stretching technique has been introduced in the UK which promises to improve flexibility, realign posture and boost energy.
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26 Apr 2006
Multitrax Group has announced plans to expand into the health club market, with the launch of two London clubs planned for January 2007.
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20 Apr 2006
A new study into the nation’s attitudes towards health and fitness has shown that the greatest barrier preventing people from exercising was not a lack of convenient facilities, but a lack of time.
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29 Mar 2006
The Academy Leisure Group has opened its latest health and fitness club in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire.
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27 Mar 2006
A partnership between developers and a medical centre in New York, US, has resulted in a new fitness model.
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14 Mar 2006
Esporta has extended its Fitcrew concept – which was launched last August for 12- to 15-year-olds – to include children from the age of eight.
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09 Mar 2006
As part of its commitment to maintaining high standards within the fitness industry and protecting those who exercise – as well as those who teach – the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) is due to launch its second public awareness campaign in September, in conjunction with the Fitness Industry Association (FIA).
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08 Mar 2006
Southampton Diving Academy has appointed Juan Gutierrez Munoz to the role of diving development officer, based at the city’s Quays Eddie Read Swimming and Diving Complex.
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28 Feb 2006
LA Fitness has appointed Mark Jenkins as head of customer relationship marketing (CRM) with a brief to implement and manage its customer retention strategy.
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28 Feb 2006
Argyll and Bute Council is to open a £7m new-build leisure facility in Campbeltown in Scotland this summer, which will include a fitness suite, a swimming pool, exhibition space, a library and a restaurant.
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27 Feb 2006
US capital Washington’s largest health and fitness chain, the Sport & Health company, has been acquired by a group of local investors led by the chain’s former CEO for US$75m (£42m, 62.6m euro).
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09 Feb 2006
The Chief Medical Officer for Wales has recently published guidelines for exercise referral schemes, stating that they must only be made to instructors who are registered with the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) at level 3 as an Advanced Instructor and with qualifications for working with specialist populations.
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09 Feb 2006
The Register of Exercise Professionals has published an information guide on qualifications and training in exercise referrals which is available through its website.
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09 Feb 2006
Sheffield United football Club (SUFC) is raising £10.7m through a share offer in order to acquire a health club and to improve its Bramall Lane ground.
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07 Feb 2006
Advanced instructors at level 3 on the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) who are responsible for designing and delivering structured and tailored physical activity programmes for referred patients/clients, or assigning them to an appropriate physical activity, must have a range of knowledge and skills specific to the referral process, specified medical conditions and relevant health risk factors related to physical activity participation.
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10 Jan 2006
This spring will see the launch of the first health and fitness club from contract management company, ARK Leisure Management.
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10 Jan 2006
US-based health and fitness franchise Gold’s Gym has announced that it has signed the lease for its first franchised UK site, which will be located in Park Royal, west London.
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04 Jan 2006
The senior members of the bid team for the 2012 Olympics have led the sporting honours announced for the New Year.
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03 Jan 2006
The second annual Working in Fitness survey, carried out by SkillsActive and Leisure-net Solutions for the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs), has revealed that nearly two thirds of respondents fear that poor pay will force them to leave the health and fitness industry.
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21 Dec 2005
Leading health and sports professionals and representatives from the Department of Health have been reinforcing the importance of the Register of exercise Professionals at a series of conferences.
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30 Nov 2005
Dr Kenneth Cooper – founder of the Cooper Institute in the US and an expert on preventing disease through exercise – revealed his recent findings at the WRIGHT Foundation Exercise Referral Conference, held at Birmingham’s NEC on 10 November.
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21 Nov 2005
Sheffield United Football Club (SUFC) has launched its first health club – Impact – and revealed that it plans to roll out the brand nationwide.
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02 Nov 2005
A clash between cabinet ministers has forced the health secretary to an embarrassing u-turn on the UK smoking ban proposals.
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26 Oct 2005
Watchetts Junior School in Camberley, Surrey has reported significant increases in the health of its students following a pilot project led by Olympian Steve Redgrave.
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17 Oct 2005
Health club members in the US who take exercise to treat specific health conditions are now eligible for tax deductions.
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11 Oct 2005
Clark Hatch, founder and chairman emeritus of fitness club chain Clark Hatch International, has announced that the company plans to seek investors or a public offering in order to fund further expansion.
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11 Oct 2005
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