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Ojmar’s OCS Locker lock has been installed in
changing rooms at two Fitness First locations in
Dubai in the Middle East.
product innovation •
11 Jan 2016
The potential takeover of Fitness First UK by Dave Whelan’s DW Sports would mark the
start of a mid-market fightback against the rise of the budget clubs, according to a well-
placed source.
news •
01 Jul 2016
Following the sale of health club chain Fitness First to BC Partners for £835m by private equity company Cinven, David Giampaolo is to become a non-executive director of the company.
news •
05 Oct 2005
Budget health and fitness operator Fitness4Less has bought the Fitness First gym in Newport, south Wales, for an undisclosed sum through property agents Christie + Co.
news •
15 Jul 2010
Arsenal Football Club's former Highbury stadium in north London has become the home of Fitness First's latest club.
news •
23 Jun 2011
Fitness First Middle East has opened its first ever standalone studio not attached to a
traditional health club.
news •
31 May 2016
Health club operator Fitness First is celebrating the opening of its 150th club in the UK.
news •
17 Sep 2004
Fitness First Middle East (FFME) has
opened its latest XFit studio – the
operator’s own CrossFit-style offering –
in Dubai.
news •
16 Mar 2016
Fitness First Middle East is to launch an entirely new budget chain for the region.
news •
02 Mar 2020
Fitness First Asia has created an indoor triathlon training ground at its club in Bonifacio
Global City, Philippines.
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30 May 2017
Fitness First has launched a new group exercise class called Get Fit with Mel B.
news •
05 Nov 2010
Mike Balfour, founder of Fitness First, one of the largest gym chains in the world, has resigned from the company's board.
news •
01 Oct 2009
In line with its plans to develop a further eight health clubs in Asia this year, Fitness First will open a new club in Bangkok on 2 May – bringing the number of clubs it operates in the Thai capital, to seven.
news •
25 Mar 2004
Fitness First, the UK-based fitness chain, has announced its intention to launch the brand in India.
news •
12 Jul 2006
DW Fitness First is introducing a new water-based HIIT class in order to cater to the public's
increasing demand for innovative, intensive group exercise classes.
news •
19 Oct 2018
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 to have completed separate deals to buy out the
nearly 70-strong portfolio – with DW Sports leading the way.
news •
02 Sep 2016
Fitness First Group has announced plans to spend more than Rs160 crores
(US$26m, €21m, £16.4m) on its expansion in India, to open 30 new premium
fitness clubs in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore in the next five years.
news •
24 Nov 2014
Fitness First CEO Andrew Cosslett – the man credited with leading the gym chain’s
turnaround from the brink of bankruptcy to a resurgent business – is to step down from 1
July.
news •
22 Jun 2015
Fitness First has hit out at the lack of supervision in British health clubs,
producing research it carried out with YouGov which claims Brits spend ‘up to
13,500 hours’ working out in low cost gyms unsupervised each week.
news •
23 May 2014
Fitness First is planning to push ahead with the rollout of its microgym concept BEAT, with
‘club-within-a-club’ boutiques soon to be added to a number of the chain’s London sites.
news •
20 Apr 2016
Fitness First’s fruitless bid to acquire rival LA fitness has proved a ‘blessing in disguise’
says UK managing director Martin Seibold, helping the gym chain to assert its dominance
in the booming London health club market.
news •
04 Apr 2016
Fitness First Group has debuted its exclusive new health club concept, Gravity. The first
Gravity club launched in Singapore earlier this month – designed by Fitness First and HBA – while
Fitness First is understood to have ambitions of bringing a marquee site to London at a later date.
news •
28 Aug 2015
The sale of Fitness First Germany is still alive, according to its managing director Stefan
Tilk, who said the offload to an unnamed private equity firm is moving forward.
news •
10 Apr 2015
Health club operator Fitness First has completed its restructuring, following a turbulent two-year period
during which the privately-owned group has struggled under a burden of debt. Announcing its full year
results for 2011, Andy Cosslett, CEO, said: "It's no secret that 2011 was a difficult year for
us."
news •
14 Nov 2012
Fitness First has pulled out of the race to acquire long-time gym chain rival LA fitness,
Health Club Management understands.
news •
18 May 2015
Fitness First, one of the world's largest health club operators, has changed its
top management team after experiencing a difficult period of trading at both its
UK and Australian businesses.
news •
03 Feb 2012
New high intensity interval training workout Tabata will be launched across
London from 1st September 2013, with Fitness First health clubs being the first
in the world to offer the officially endorsed, scientifically-backed sessions.
news •
16 Aug 2013
Fitness First clubs in Australia will become 24/7 operations, the chief executive officer of
its parent company has revealed.
news •
10 Mar 2017
Fitness First has sold its Queen’s Park health club in Bournemouth – the site on which the
gym chain’s 360-club global empire was founded.
news •
18 Jan 2016
Fitness First Group has today (19 May) revealed details for its exclusive health club concept Gravity.
news •
20 May 2015
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