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Life Fitness partners with online GP referral expert
BY Tom Walker | 30 May 2013
Equipment supplier Life Fitness has struck up a partnership with online-based Refer-all as part of efforts
to provide K:A Leisure in North Ayrshire with an improved GP referrals system.
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Vivafit expands weight management programme Vivaslim
BY Tom Walker | 16 May 2013
Vivafit - the largest women-only express fitness and nutrition franchise in Portugal - has launched
Vivaslim, a weight management programme already available to all Vivafit franchisees, but now available as
an independent franchise.
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Parkour road show to travel the UK
BY Tom Anstey | 15 May 2013
Leisure operators wanting to offer Parkour to their users and members will have the opportunity to find out
more about the rapidly growing sport at a series of free events taking place across the UK.
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Andre Agassi's fitness concept enters Europe
BY Tom Walker | 15 May 2013
Eight time Grand Slam tennis champion Andre Agassi has teamed up with fitness trainer Gil Reyes to
launch a new high-intensity weight training machine for the UK and Irish markets.
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Verbal encouragement not always motivating
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 08 May 2013
New research reveals a fitness partner who keeps verbal encouragement to a
minimum might be a better motivator than one who is more vocal.
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David Lloyd launches Volleybody
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 08 May 2013
David Lloyd Leisure has announced it will be the first major UK fitness operator
to introduce Volleybody, created by beach volleyball experts in the wake of last
year's Olympic Games. Aimed at people with good levels of fitness, the class takes inspiration from three
core moves used during a beach volleyball game - defending, hitting and blocking a ball.
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David Lloyd invests in padel tennis courts
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 01 May 2013
David Lloyd Leisure has invested £350,000 in six padel tennis courts at clubs in
Chigwell, Essex and Bushey, Hertfordshire as it becomes the first nationwide
operator to bring the sport to the UK.
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Kettlebell training examined in new study
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 03 Apr 2013
Kettlebell training is effective not just for strength gains but also aerobic
capacity, dynamic balance and core strength, new research commissioned by the
American College of Exercise (ACE) reveals.
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Pilot to put 'exercise professional at every GP' launches
BY Tom Walker | 28 Mar 2013
A ukactive-led partnership - involving NHS Bedfordshire, teamBEDS&LUTON and local authorities - has
been selected as one of 14 pilot projects to receive support from a £5.8m Sport England fund designed to
support inactive people to get more active.
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Running could be better for weight loss than walking
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 26 Mar 2013
Running may produce more dramatic weight loss results than walking, according to
research to be published in the April edition of Medicine & Science in Sports &
Exercise - the official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine.
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énergie secures skills funding
BY Tom Walker | 25 Mar 2013
Health club operator énergie Group has secured £400,000 of funding from a government scheme to invest
in its national training programme.
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Vitamin D deficiency could reduce muscle function
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 19 Mar 2013
New research presented at a London endocrinology conference this week reveals a
link between vitamin D levels and muscle efficiency, which may explain why
patients with a deficiency of the vitamin commonly experience physical fatigue.
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Deadline approaches for lifeguard award nominations
BY Tom Walker | 15 Mar 2013
There are just two weeks left to nominate lifeguards and other fitness professionals who keep Britain's
pools safe at the first annual RLSS UK/IQL Awards 2013. Nominations close on the 28 March and the
winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at Cranage Hall in Cheshire on 14 June.
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