active lifestyle news

Global restaurant brand, Subway, has teamed up with GB Basketball, Breaking GB and Skateboard GB to promote physical activity in these three emerging sports. The ... More

Active Oxfordshire has received £1.3 million to tackle inactivity and inequality and launch a new programme for children. The funding has come from the Buckinghamshire, ... More

Operator Circadian Trust has launched a five-year growth drive designed to support health and wellbeing across South Gloucestershire, UK. The initiative will see a £2.4m ... More

Physiotherapy patients are being offered treatment in leisure centres thanks to a tie-up between London hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’s and local operators, with the ... More

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is everyone’s responsibility, especially given the industry’s ambition to broaden its reach and benefit more people and to this end, ... More

A network of Sports Illustrated branded resort and lifestyle complexes will launch in the US following a deal between Travel + Leisure Co and Sports ... More

Les Mills is jumping into Mixed Reality with the launch of the Bodycombat XR workout, designed by programme directors, Rachael Newsham and Dan Cohen, for ... More

New research from Flinders University in Australia has found that breast reduction surgery can change women's participation in physical activity. Excluding women with a history ... More

Parkwood Leisure, in partnership with its subsidiary companies Legacy Leisure and Lex Leisure, has launched two rehabilitation programmes across 24 leisure centres in England and ... More

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group (MOHG) is set to open its third London hotel and spa in the British capital in 2028. Situated on London's South ... More

Spanish capital Madrid is set to to be the home of Europe's largest urban beach and surf destination. A collaboration between football club, Atlético de ... More

Wellfit, UAE-based operator of vast health and fitness, sport and wellness clubs, has announced plans to open its third full-service, large-scale hub in the Emirates. ... More

New Eurobarometer research results, published by the European Commission, show conclusively that women remain less active than men. In an exclusive interview with HCM – ... More

Body Fit Training (BFT), an Xponential Fitness brand, has launched its first franchise location in the UK. BFT opened the doors to its Leicester club ... More

Total Fitness says its membership numbers are back to pre-COVID-19 levels. With fifteen clubs in the north of England, the company said eight sites – ... More

Exercise scientists at the Les Mills Research Lab have identified the trait of automaticity – turning exercise into a habit – as the key differentiator ... More

Industry body, UK Active, has revealed a new council to represent the voice of members to its board. The group will be chaired by industry ... More

Les Mills has created a VR version of its Bodycombat workout and made it available in the Metaverse. The global group fitness specialist has teamed ... More

A group of leading health and fitness companies in Romania have joined forces to launch a new industry body for the sector. Called Romania Active, ... More

As health clubs and fitness studios in England are counting the hours down to reopening day on Monday 12 April, PureGym has announced it will ... More

A major new consultation will seek to explore how the physical activity sector can better support people over the age of 55 – and those ... More

The American Council on Exercise (ACE) is urging US Congress to pass a new law which would encourage healthier lifestyles through physical activity. ACE says ... More

Natalia Karbasova has set up a new company to run the FitTech Summit, the conference devoted to fitness technology and the future of wellbeing and ... More

Studio Saxe have created a fitness centre in Costa Rica designed to be a "small village amongst the trees" that brings guests and locals together, ... More

Already the architect developing the Sundsholmerne ecovillage on the waterfront of the new Stigsborg district in Aalborg, Denmark, C.F. Møller has now also been chosen ... More