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The University Arms hotel in Cambridge,
has had an £80m renovation and Matrix
did the gym. We take a look
HCM issue 8 2018
An £8m Physical Education and Sports Science Centre has opened at the University of Bedfordshire’s Polhill campus in Bedford.
news •
21 Jan 2007
A 10-lane, Olympic-sized swimming pool is among the facilities at a new EUR50m
(£40m) leisure complex at University College Dublin (UCD) - one of Ireland's
largest universities.
news •
02 Jul 2012
IHRSA has announced that Molly Kemmer will become the new IHRSA board chair as of 1
July, 2015, replacing the outgoing Robert Brewster who will have served a full-year term.
news •
25 Mar 2015
The new Canolfan Brailsford Sports Centre was recently opened in Bangor by
local lad and former British Cycling chief Sir Dave Brailsford, who said he was
“honoured” to have the facility named after him.
news •
10 Dec 2014
A new, Europe-wide initiative will look to chart the case rates for COVID-19 across European gym
sector.
news •
20 Nov 2020
Iconic Yale University has launched an online happiness course to help people cope with
self-
isolation and focus on their mental health.
news •
09 Apr 2020
Bolton One, a new GBP31m health, leisure and research complex developed by
Bolton Council in partnership with NHS Bolton and the University of Bolton, has
opened to the public.
news •
13 Feb 2012
A new study from the University of Sydney reveals that people with depression are 60 per
cent more likely to develop low back pain in their lifetime. While patients often suffer the
two conditions, this is the first study to review all relevant research in the field and show
that depression may actually trigger back pain, with low levels of exercise and sleep cited
as contributory factors.
news •
22 Feb 2016
Researchers at Brown University in the US have found that people with higher scores for
dispositional mindfulness – the inherent trait of being aware of one’s present thoughts
and feelings – are significantly more likely than people with low scores to have healthy
glucose levels.
news •
29 Feb 2016
Equipment and software supplier eGym has announced a new research agreement with
University College London to explore which methods of strength training are the most
effective.
news •
04 Dec 2015
ukactive has teamed up with the British University & Colleges Sports (BUCS) to
deliver a new fitness initiative designed to overcome the ‘seven year plateau,’
which has seen physical activity participation rates among tertiary students
remain stagnant since 2007.
news •
20 Feb 2014
Scientists have shed new light on the challenges facing exercise professionals in getting
the population moving, after new research showed that obesity causes people to see
distances as farther than they actually are.
news •
15 Feb 2016
To understand how people can live longer throughout the world, researchers at University
of California, San Diego School of Medicine have teamed up with colleagues at University
of Rome La Sapienza to study a group of 300 people, all over 100 years old, living in a
remote Italian village nestled between the ocean and mountains on the country's coast.
news •
07 Apr 2016
Bolton Council is considering closing the town's publicly-funded leisure centre as it prepares to develop a new £30m swimming facility. The project is part of a £300m regeneration scheme called Bolton Innovation Zone (BIZ).
news •
27 Feb 2009
A lack of physical activity among boys may result in them falling behind in reading and
maths at school, according to new research.
news •
02 Dec 2016
Young people whose “fat gene” is located in an unusual part of their chromosome chain
are more likely to binge-eat, according to a recent study by researchers of The University
of Queensland.
news •
07 Aug 2015
A study by Aalborg University in Denmark has shown that using virtual reality can help the
elderly become more physically active – by making exercise safe and more fun.
news •
08 Nov 2016
The University of Huddersfield’s gym area gets a functional flooring boost and a brand new look – in just five hours
HCM issue 9 2014
As little as £3 is enough incentive for 50 per cent of people to change their behaviour, says a team from Newcastle University in the UK
HCM issue 6 2014
High-intensity fitness sessions three times a week can slow the progress of Parkinson’s
disease, new research has revealed.
news •
14 Dec 2017
Excess body fat and obesity are likely to have contributed to more deaths in England and
Scotland than
smoking since 2014, according to new research from the Institute of Health and Wellbeing at
the University of Glasgow.
news •
19 Feb 2021
University of Edinburgh has launched its new £4.8m, three-storey gym extension which will provide around 1,900sq m of additional sports conditioning and physical activity space.
news •
05 Nov 2010
The University of Portsmouth has partnered with Technogym
to unveil the state-of-the-art Ravelin Sports Centre Gym
HCM issue 1 2023
Waist circumference-to-height ratio is a more reliable measure of obesity in children and
adolescents than BMI according to a new study, published in Pediatric Research.
news •
04 Apr 2024
Emerging evidence suggests that beyond its use for leisure, sauna bathing may be linked
to several health benefits.
news •
09 Aug 2018
Breakfast is not the most important meal of the day, contrary to popular
belief that food eaten after a good night’s sleep is vital to kickstart metabolism
and prevents snacking later in the day – according to a study by researchers at
The University of Bath.
news •
29 Aug 2014
A study by the University of Sydney in Australia could give people another reason to get
active, after it found that physical exercise may radically offset the harmful effects of
drinking alcohol.
news •
12 Sep 2016
ukactive's new research lead is part of the group charged with the job of revising physical activity guidelines for adults
HCM issue 4 2018
Sweatcoin, an app which incentivises users to exercise by offering cash rewards, can result in users
increasing physical activity by up to 20 per cent.
news •
25 Jan 2019
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