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Physical inactivity is a major factor in lifestyle diseases like cancer and diabetes. Is it time for a top-down intervention to get people moving?
HCM issue 3 2015
Women tend to avoid weights for fear of looking like a bodybuilder, but strength training should be a key part of their workouts. We take a look at some best practice examples
HCM issue 3 2015
Do we need legislation to get people moving, and if so are we looking for fitness’ equivalent of the smoking ban? Kate Cracknell offers her thoughts
HCM issue 3 2015
What do health and fitness providers need to know before committing to an exercise referral scheme? We offer an overview of the key points to consider
HCM issue 3 2015
Lifetime Training has partnered with FitPro affiliate PTA Global to create a new Level 3+
personal training course for instructors who wish to take their knowledge base to an
advanced level.
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04 Feb 2015
Operators need to do much more to help members understand nutrition and balancing calories for weight management, says Kate Cracknell
HCM issue 2 2015
What will drive sector growth in 2015, and what will be the challenges and opportunities?
HCM Handbook 2015
Dr Rachel Pryke of the Royal College of General Practitioners talks to Kate Cracknell about a co-operative approach to combating the obesity epidemic
HCM issue 1 2015
Starting in the new year, residents of North
Lancashire with an unhealthy BMI, will get help
with fitness and dietary issues through a
subsidised health scheme and exercise referral
programme.
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02 Dec 2014
As we gear up for 2015, what looks set to drive growth for the health and fitness sector?
HCM issue 11 2014
Kate Cracknell talks to the GP who hit the headlines for recommending walking to his patients, and finds out why he thinks more GPs should be following suit
HCM issue 11 2014
Given the UK's growing health crisis – alongside the continued rise and fall of dieting
trends – the question of the health club sector’s role in offering people specialist
programmes and choices to help weight management is becoming increasingly pertinent.
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03 Oct 2014
How can we change the nation’s psyche and get people moving? We ask our panel of experts
HCM issue 9 2014
What can health clubs and leisure centres do to improve their weight management offering?
HCM issue 9 2014
The CEO of corporate wellness specialist High Five Health Promotion talks to Kate Cracknell about entering the UK market and about pan-European growth plans
HCM issue 9 2014
ukactive and the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical
Activity (CIMPSA) have teamed up to launch the Active Training Awards – a new
set of industry accolades recognising workforce development across the sector.
news •
07 Aug 2014
Premier Training International is to launch a new health and wellbeing course
geared towards those working on community schemes aimed at tackling the
UK’s physical inactivity crisis.
news •
24 Jun 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
Heart rate-based training can motivate members to reach their goals, and with it help clubs boost member satisfaction and retention
HCM issue 5 2014
The fitness sector needs to ensure it's maintaining ambitious targets when it comes to getting more people more active, says Liz Terry
HCM issue 4 2014
Does the sector need to cement its intent to combat physical inactivity with a bold ‘physical inactivity kills' message, asks Kate Cracknell
HCM issue 2 2014
Global fitness operator Fitness First believes it has unlocked the key to
motivation and is investing approximately £270m (US$445m, €329m) over the
next three years in bringing its global estate in line with its new philosophy.
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20 Jan 2014
The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has released
guidance for helping overweight and obese people to achieve and maintain a
healthier weight.
news •
18 Oct 2013
Gyms need to identify and harness the superordinate goals that really drive behaviour change in members, says Kate Cracknell
HCM issue 10 2013
Laura Dagg takes a look forward to the highlights of this year's Leisure Industry Week, which takes place in Birmingham later this month
HCM issue 9 2013
Setting goals with members based on an understanding of their underlying motivations – their superordinate goals – is a vital to ensuring adherence, says Dr Paul Bedford
HCM issue 8 2013
In the second of his two-part series on behaviour change, Dr Tim Anstiss examines the powerful potential of wellbeing coaching
HCM issue 7 2013
As part of our continuing series on behaviour change, Dr Tim Anstiss offers his advice on the questions, tools and strategies needed to effectively deliver health coaching
HCM issue 6 2013
The first in a new behaviour change series looks at the individual as expert
HCM issue 5 2013
As today's consumers start to take control of their own health, Louise Kennedy considers how this will shape the future fitness industry
HCM issue 4 2013
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Consultancy and change architects, Miova, have welcomed industry veteran Mark Tweedie on board. Tweedie had ...
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US private equity fund, Providence Equity Partners, is acquiring a majority stake in VivaGym from ...
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The Bannatyne Group says it has officially bounced back from the pandemic, with both turnover ...
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There is speculation that Basic Fit will sell the five Spanish Holmes Place clubs it ...
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University of Sheffield Sport has opened the doors of its flagship
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D2F had updated its brand styling to keep pace with
business growth. MD, John Lofting and operations
director, Matt Aynsley, explain the rationale
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GymNation is pioneering the future of
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Epassi, a provider of workplace wellness benefits, is creating a fitter
and more productive workforce, one membership at a time
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McFit, the original budget gym is undergoing
a transformation with a new look and
estate-wide overhaul, as Liz Terry reports
HCM magazine
New research has found BMI to be a highly inaccurate measure of childhood obesity, leading current thinking and policy based on it into question
HCM magazine
As more people join clubs to support their mental
health, fitness professionals need to be empowered to
take a holistic approach. Kath Hudson shares useful
tools discussed at the ACE summit on mental health
HCM magazine
Now mental health is the number one reason for people to join a
health club, do fitness professionals need a grounding in counselling
to offer a more holistic service? Kath Hudson asks the experts
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Egym has announced deals designed to position it for growth acceleration, as Kath Hudson reports
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