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In order to provide a sustainable service for its customers, the fitness sector needs to
ensure all staff and practitioners stay connected to education, training and certification
beyond their basic qualifications.
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30 Nov 2016
In celebration of International Women’s Day, WIFA launches the most significant global
advocacy campaign for women in fitness worldwide- #womenhelpingwomenww
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07 Mar 2022
Les Mills New Zealand is to reopen its health club in Christchurch on 30 March
as the city continues to recover from the devastating earthquake which struck
more than a year ago.
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09 Mar 2012
The health and fitness industry continues to face tough trading conditions with first quarter results in 2006 crucial to continuing the early signs of recovery in the market.
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10 Jan 2006
Physical activity body ukactive has issued guidance and recommendations for how UK fitness
operators and facilities should deal with a suspected case of COVID-19 (Coronavirus).
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16 Mar 2020
An initiative designed to establish a pan-European set of standards for trainers in the health and fitness sector is entering its final phase.
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01 Jul 2010
Australia's health and fitness sector has been dealt a blow after the Copyright Tribunal decided to increase copyright fees for the use of music in group exercise classes.
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24 May 2010
Fitness First claims that it is now the largest operator of wholly-owned health and fitness clubs in the world.
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10 Oct 2005
Educated and experienced fitness professionals have been identified as the top
fitness sector trend for 2012, according to American College of Sports Medicine
(ACSM) research.
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22 Nov 2011
The 12 per cent market penetration figure gets bandied about, but how accurate is it? What figure could the sector reach and what does it have to do to achieve this?
HCM issue 8 2013
SkillsActive, the sector skills council for active learning and leisure has unveiled the results of the sixth Working in Fitness survey.
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24 Sep 2009
There’s a new mindset among consumers regarding how they want to consume fitness – and it means the health club sector will need to place greater emphasis on creating unique, engaging experiences, says Kate Cracknell
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EuropeActive has set itself the ambitious goal of almost doubling the number of
health club members in Europe by 2025 as the health and fitness industry
representative seeks to strengthen its credentials as an antidote to the
continent’s inactivity crisis.
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09 Apr 2014
Fitness operators in the public sector are more confident of their future prospects now than they were last year, according to a state of the industry report from sporta.
news •
14 Oct 2009
The UK fitness industry should make a concerted effort to highlight the importance of strength
training, following the publication of the Chief Medical Officer's (CMO) guidelines for physical activity.
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17 Sep 2019
In the world of fitness, the latest technology is providing new and exciting opportunities
for sports facilities management.
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25 Sep 2023
SkillsActive and ukactive have launched a survey to determine what employers
want for training solutions, in order to guide bids for a government scheme to
invest £340m in skills training and career development.
news •
01 Feb 2013
Dutch health insurance provider Achmea has withdrawn from the fitness sector,
pulling the plug on its chain of Achmea Health Centers.
news •
21 Jul 2014
A new report from Oxygen Consulting has said that the physical activity sector
must “unleash” its social purpose potential to thrive among the wave of private
and budget gyms.
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15 Apr 2014
Fred Turok, founder and chair of LA Fitness, has been unanimously elected chair of the Fitness Industry Association (FIA). Turok will replace current chair Harm Tegelaars, who will take up the role of president of the European Health and Fitness Association (EHFA).
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10 Jul 2007
FitPro and children's television brand LazyTown have joined forces in order to unveil a new resource designed to help increase the number of young people getting active and healthy.
news •
18 Aug 2011
NHS plans to offer personal trainers and exercise classes to tackle Type 2 diabetes mark
an ‘exciting milestone’ for the fitness sector and a major opportunity to demonstrate its
potential to work in synergy with the medical profession.
news •
30 Mar 2016
A new study is mapping how fat distribution in the body is linked to risk of a range of diseases. What better way to motivate people to make lifestyle changes, asks Kate Cracknell
HCM issue 7 2016
EuropeActive has appointed Kai Troll as its new CEO. He has a background in the trade
association sector and a strong interest in sport and physical activity.
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20 Feb 2024
HCM Handbook editor Kath Hudson introduces the 2022 edition. This year we’ve taken stock of how the pandemic has changed the industry and the opportunities and challenges that have arisen in this time of change
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American Council on Exercise (ACE) has urged US policymakers to not leave the fitness sector's
independent contractors, sole proprietors and small family businesses behind in its efforts to prop up
US economy during the Coronavirus outbreak.
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27 Mar 2020
The benefits of recovery and its importance in maximising the impact of exercise need to
be communicated to the general public by the fitness industry. However, the introduction
of various recovery-focused technologies will serve to give the fitness sector tools to rely
upon in delivering more effective recovery concepts.
news •
26 Apr 2019
Training provider Premier Training International (PTI) has reported a 48 per cent increase in the number of people that have applied to study for health and fitness qualifications.
news •
13 Jul 2010
Lifetime is launching an array of new qualifications for trainees in the health and fitness sector.
news •
30 May 2007
Neil Gillis, managing director of Greene King Pub Company, the managed division of Greene King, is to become chief executive of health club group, Esporta.
news •
18 Jun 2003
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University of Sheffield Sport has opened the doors of its flagship
Goodwin Sports Centre following a major refurbishment
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The European fitness sector is beating pre-pandemic numbers according to the 11th annual European Health & Fitness Market Report 2024 from Deloitte and EuropeActive, as Karsten Hollasch reports
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MD of leisure, health and wellbeing, Places Leisure Places Leisure“We need to make it automatic that when people go to their doctor, they’re offered exercise rather than medication where appropriate”
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