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Next month (August) will see the launch of a commercial health club at one of the largest primary schools in London.
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08 Jul 2004
Aquaterra Leisure will introduce the Premier One initiative at Bath Sports & Leisure Centre this month, following the success of the programme at its five Islington sites.
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07 Jul 2004
The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) has marked yet another extraordinary milestone with the registration of its 17,500th member.
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06 Jul 2004
Consumer association, Which?, has said that five volunteers it sent to request advice on weight loss from their local gyms mostly received poor quality consultations with instructors failing to properly assess their physical condition.
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23 Jun 2004
With the licensing of SkillsActive as the Sector Skills Council for the UK last year, the Register of Exercise Professionals has begun to take on more responsibility to be the largest qualification-based register operating across the whole of the UK.
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22 Jun 2004
Minister for transport, Kim Howells, has announced new measures to increase levels of cycling and walking in Britain.
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17 Jun 2004
The new Level 3 standards to form the advanced fitness instructor qualification for full entry to the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) are due to be unveiled at the end of this month.
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08 Jun 2004
Cannons health and fitness clubs across the country will be raising money for the British Heart Foundation next week for the Big Red Fightback, Heart Week 2004.
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02 Jun 2004
The David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) health club in Warrington opened a facility exclusively for children over the May bank holiday weekend.
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01 Jun 2004
Around two thirds of the population of England are overweight according to a report published today by the House of Commons select committee on health.
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27 May 2004
The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) has launched its first award scheme, the Lifetime Achievement Awards, to celebrate exemplary conduct, dedication and efficiency among fitness professionals.
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25 May 2004
The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) officially launched its Adopt a School initiative today at Brixton Recreation Centre.
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25 May 2004
Bodysense, the health and leisure clubs within Paramount Group hotels, has introduced a dedicated gym clinic available free of charge to members and hotel guests.
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25 May 2004
Ralph Riley, chief executive of the Institute of Sport and Recreation Management (ISRM), has welcomed the Chief Medical Officers report – but said it will take more than gardening to get the nation fit.
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19 May 2004
Next Generation Clubs has launched a new takeaway and meal kit service at its UK health and fitness clubs, in an initiative the group claims will be the first of its kind in the UK.
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17 May 2004
A founding member of the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs), YMCA Fitness Industry Training (YMCAfit), has increased its level of support for the register by offering free membership to graduates of its training scheme in their first year of work.
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11 May 2004
The head of health and fitness for Next Generation health and racquets clubs, Malcolm McPhail, has registered all relevant members of staff from the group’s 10 clubs to the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) – a total of 110 new signings.
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10 May 2004
The fitness industry has welcomed the appointment of Jon Trickett MP as the Sports Liaison MP for Physical Activity.
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07 May 2004
The Grange Health and Fitness Club has opened in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire and is well on target for signing 1,000 members.
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06 May 2004
Work has begun on site of David Lloyd Leisure’s (DLL) first club in Brussels, Belgium.
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30 Apr 2004
The government needs to come up with a hard-hitting fitness campaign if it is to succeed in its bid to make Britain healthier says Mark Bremner, managing director of 3d Leisure and FitNation.
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30 Apr 2004
Chief Medical Officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, has today published a hard-hitting report on physical activity and health in England that he has called a ‘wake-up call’ to the nation.
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29 Apr 2004
The 23rd IHRSA (International Health Racquets and Sportsclub Association) convention held in Las Vegas recently proved an opportunity for an international meeting of exercise registrars and representatives concerned with setting standards of qualifications for the fitness industry.
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27 Apr 2004
Health and fitness group, LivingWell, has introduced a lower membership fee for key workers in the UK and called for the government to lower VAT on club membership.
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22 Apr 2004
Fitness industry veteran, Ray Wilson, has revealed plans to break into the mass deconditioned market with his Healthy Exercise clubs.
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21 Apr 2004
Neil Gillis, chief executive of health and fitness club chain, Esporta, has called on the government to embrace the fitness industry and slammed an NHS statement saying gardening is better exercise than going to the gym.
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15 Apr 2004
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.
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25 Mar 2004
51 Cannons health and fitness clubs and nine Courtneys leisure centres aim to raise £1,000 each as part of a new partnership with the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
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19 Mar 2004
Kieser Training has continued the European rollout of its medical and preventative strength training concept by opening it first site in The Netherlands.
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19 Mar 2004
Dutch operator, the Sports and Leisure Group, has opened its 12th site with 800 pre-sold members.
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18 Mar 2004
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