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The pandemic has highlighted the fitness sector’s role in protecting the health service. How can the industry make the most of this opportunity?
HCM issue 4 2021
What does the UK government’s Fit Miles Programme mean for the industry? We explore the issues and opportunities surrounding this £100m initiative
HCM issue 4 2021
Being physically active lessens the chance of a person becoming seriously ill with – and dying as a
result of – a COVID-19 infection.
news •
14 Apr 2021
Group Exercise has been closed longer than any other part of the sector, without evidence to support this decision. Industry leaders debate the issue
HCM issue 3 2021
Budget fitness operator The Gym Group has generated £1.8bn in social value since 2016.
news •
17 Mar 2021
The Budget announcement has left the UK's physical activity sector with "unanswered
questions" and vowing to continue to fight for additional support, says Huw
Edwards, CEO of ukactive.
news •
04 Mar 2021
The physical activity sector can step up as an essential service by helping people during their recovery from COVID-19. HCM takes a look at some emerging initiatives
HCM issue 2 2021
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
ukactive has published six 'policy calls', which it says are crucial in order to help the physical activity
sector survive and recover from the financial pressures caused by the pandemic.
news •
15 Feb 2021
Anthony and his brother Ian founded a health charity, Fixing Dad, to save their father’s life. They tell their moving story
HCM issue 1 2021
Muir Gray argues the industry needs a change of focus to optimise its potential
HCM issue 1 2021
The closing of gyms, leisure centres and swimming pools under COVID-19
restrictions is costing the NHS £7.25m a week in lost social value. The figure has been calculated
based on the loss of health interventions – physical and mental – normally offered by the sector.
news •
07 Jan 2021
Audio fitness app Auro has been named as the Official Training Partner for the Winter Run
2021. The virtual event will take place on Sunday 7th February 2021 with runners of all
ages and abilities encouraged to complete 10k in their local area, with the aim of raising
£250,000 to help fund Cancer Research UK’s research.
news •
07 Jan 2021
A study from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden suggests exercising can lead to better outcomes in people with cancer
HCM issue 10 2020
The science shows being fit mitigates against COVID-19. We’ve proven we can operate safely under the SAGE COVID-secure Framework. Time to join it up by securing essential service status
HCM issue 10 2020
Given their support for the NHS, should gyms and leisure centres be classified as essential services? And how do we get it reclassified? Experts discuss
HCM issue 10 2020
Cancer sufferers who exercise regularly have, generally, a better prognosis than inactive patients –
but science hasn't quite managed to agree why this is.
news •
13 Nov 2020
The UK's physical activity sector is currently lobbying to have gyms and leisure centres
classed as essential services, in order for them to be able to operate during COVID-19 lockdowns.
news •
13 Nov 2020
Persistent and rising levels of lifestyle disease across the world have exacerbated the
effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of The
Lancet.
news •
20 Oct 2020
Wattbike’s lead sport scientist
Eddie Fletcher discusses the importance
of health assessments, changes in
consumer behaviour post-lockdown and
the latest UK government strategy
HCM issue 8 2020
The Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre is working to improve population health
HCM issue 7 2020
COVID-19 has changed the world as we know it. We predict the top 20 trends in fitness for the coming year
HCM issue 7 2020
Leisure operator Everyone Active has launched a new digital offering, to run
alongside its bricks and mortar operations.
news •
30 Jul 2020
A set of posters created by a fitness studio manager, mimicking the government's COVID-
19
NHS messaging, have gone viral on LinkedIn.
news •
14 Jul 2020
This charitable initiative is supporting people with health conditions and disabilities to get into physical activity
HCM issue 6 2020
The CEO of Mosaic Spa & Health Clubs talks about his new book – More To Gain Than Just the Game
HCM issue 6 2020
Active IQ has partnered with
Nuffield Health who have created a new Level 3 Diploma in Working with People with Long-term Conditions
HCM issue 6 2020
The City of Portland in Maine, US, is investing in a wellness programme for its entire workforce. We talk to the founder and CEO of Wellness Workdays
HCM issue 6 2020
The senior management team explain how they are developing a network of connected health across the UK
HCM issue 4 2020
Our news team at HCM rounds up some of the highlights from recent medical research in the health, fitness and wellbeing industry. Give your brain a boost, work out safely and tweet your fitness are just some of the insights
HCM Handbook 2020
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Active Oxfordshire has received £1.3 million to tackle inactivity and inequality and launch a new ...
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Barry’s – known for its HIIT workouts combining treadmills and weights – is thought to ...
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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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While British adults are the most active they’ve been in a decade, health inequalities remain ...
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The New Keiser M3i Studio Bike brings ride
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Francesca Cooper-Boden says
health assessment services can
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GymNation is pioneering the future of
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to power and sustain its growth
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Nuffield Health has worked with ServiceSport UK for more than ten
years, ensuring the equipment in its clubs is commercially optimised
HCM magazine
McFit, the original budget gym is undergoing
a transformation with a new look and
estate-wide overhaul, as Liz Terry reports
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
HCM magazine
Egym has announced deals designed to position it for growth acceleration, as Kath Hudson reports
HCM magazine
As health club operators move to incorporate recovery into their
offerings to meet growing consumer demand, Steph Eaves takes a
look at what cryotherapy and ice bathing can add to the equation
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
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