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EP 2020 issue 10

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5 Editor's letter

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

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10 Letters

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Power Plate UK's Davide Ferreira and ReferAll's Stuart Stokes write to HCM

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14 HCM People

Nick Whitcombe

Whitcombe is fighting for the right to reopen his gym – and stay open

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18 HCM People

Harley Pasternak

The celebrity trainer and author is working with Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts to elevate their fitness offering

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22 HCM People

David Burns

Collective Leisure has just become the first social enterprise leisure management company in Australia

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26 HCM News

Stay up to date with the latest news in health, fitness and physical activity. This month, Nuffield adds COVID-19 rehab and National Fitness Day breaks records

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34 Interview

Fahad Alhagbani

The co-founder and CEO of Saudi Arabia’s Armah Sports on smart clubs, a deal with 1Rebel and collaborating with Amazon

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44 The great debate

Are gyms essential?

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

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52 Opinion

Standing together

Steve Ward celebrates how the industry has come together in the pandemic

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56 Sponsored

Trend Gazing

Andy Hall, COO of Volution, looks at the trends emerging in the global fitness market in 2021

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58 News report

Mental health

A new study from the Global Wellness Institute highlights the scope of the $121bn mental wellbeing market

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62 Consultation

Active ageing

Our sector can do more for active ageing – it’s never been more important

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64 Sponsored

Bold Move

Ruskin Fitness Club has transformed its gym with a major refit and new dedicated workout zones

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On the cover | Essential: We must recognise the fitness industry as an essential service

68 Local leisure

Delivery partners

Policymakers and operators discuss trust and public sector pandemic responses

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72 Sponsored

An exercise in luxury

Deansgate Square, the newest residential star on Manchester’s impressive skyline, is a fitting home for some of the city’s most stylish health and fitness facilities, with specialist acoustic flooring by TVS Group

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74 Research

New generation yoga

Passive relaxation improves heart rate variability. This study shows active interventions can have the same effect

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76 Sponsored

Upping the online fitness game

Venueserve Fitness enables clubs to offer white-label content streaming to optimise capacity and member engagement

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78 Profile

Jan Spaticchia

The chair of énergie and vice chair of BMF on bringing together indoor, outdoor, online and VR fitness

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90 Supplier showcase

Octane and Places Leisure

Places Leisure’s Bulmershe Leisure Centre is providing its community with new fitness kit in a major upgrade

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92 Product innovation

HCM reveals innovations, including Exi’s COVID app, Lumen’s metabolic reader, LG’s new screens and ALFI by The Refinery

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93 Promotion

Wattbike AtomX

Wattbike AtomX leads the future of indoor cycling, says Richard Baker

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98 Research

Improved prognosis

A study from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden suggests exercising can lead to better outcomes in people with cancer

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EP 2020 issue 10

Download PDF

View digital edition

Magazine archive

5 Editor's letter

10 Letters

Write to reply

Power Plate UK's Davide Ferreira and ReferAll's Stuart Stokes write to HCM

View in digital edition
View online

14 HCM People

Nick Whitcombe

Whitcombe is fighting for the right to reopen his gym – and stay open

View in digital edition
View online

18 HCM People

Harley Pasternak

The celebrity trainer and author is working with Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts to elevate their fitness offering

View in digital edition
View online

22 HCM People

David Burns

Collective Leisure has just become the first social enterprise leisure management company in Australia

View in digital edition
View online

26 HCM News

Stay up to date with the latest news in health, fitness and physical activity. This month, Nuffield adds COVID-19 rehab and National Fitness Day breaks records

View in digital edition

34 Interview

Fahad Alhagbani

The co-founder and CEO of Saudi Arabia’s Armah Sports on smart clubs, a deal with 1Rebel and collaborating with Amazon

View in digital edition
View online

44 The great debate

Are gyms essential?

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

View in digital edition
View online

52 Opinion

Standing together

Steve Ward celebrates how the industry has come together in the pandemic

View in digital edition
View online

56 Sponsored

Trend Gazing

Andy Hall, COO of Volution, looks at the trends emerging in the global fitness market in 2021

View in digital edition

58 News report

Mental health

A new study from the Global Wellness Institute highlights the scope of the $121bn mental wellbeing market

View in digital edition
View online

62 Consultation

Active ageing

Our sector can do more for active ageing – it’s never been more important

View in digital edition
View online

64 Sponsored

Bold Move

Ruskin Fitness Club has transformed its gym with a major refit and new dedicated workout zones

View in digital edition
View online

On the cover | Essential: We must recognise the fitness industry as an essential service

68 Local leisure

Delivery partners

Policymakers and operators discuss trust and public sector pandemic responses

View in digital edition
View online

72 Sponsored

An exercise in luxury

74 Research

New generation yoga

Passive relaxation improves heart rate variability. This study shows active interventions can have the same effect

View in digital edition
View online

76 Sponsored

Upping the online fitness game

Venueserve Fitness enables clubs to offer white-label content streaming to optimise capacity and member engagement

View in digital edition
View online

78 Profile

Jan Spaticchia

The chair of énergie and vice chair of BMF on bringing together indoor, outdoor, online and VR fitness

View in digital edition
View online

90 Supplier showcase

Octane and Places Leisure

Places Leisure’s Bulmershe Leisure Centre is providing its community with new fitness kit in a major upgrade

View in digital edition
View online

92 Product innovation

HCM reveals innovations, including Exi’s COVID app, Lumen’s metabolic reader, LG’s new screens and ALFI by The Refinery

View in digital edition

93 Promotion

Wattbike AtomX

Wattbike AtomX leads the future of indoor cycling, says Richard Baker

View in digital edition
View online

98 Research

Improved prognosis

A study from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden suggests exercising can lead to better outcomes in people with cancer

View in digital edition
View online

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Nuffield Health calls for National Movement Strategy as research shows decline in fitness levels among some consumers

Nuffield Health’s fourth annual survey, the Healthier Nation Index, has found people moved slightly more in 2023 than 2022, but almost 75 per cent are still not meeting WHO guidelines.

Immediate rewards can motivate people to exercise, finds new research

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PureGym's new results set it up for accelerating growth

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Deloitte says European health club market hit an all-time high for revenues in 2023

Following three disrupted lockdown years, the European fitness market bounced back in 2023, according to Deloitte and EuropeActive’s hot off the press European Health & Fitness Market Report 2024.

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