When it comes to habitat, human beings are creatures of habit. And, it has been known for a long time that, whether their habitat is a village, a city or, for real globetrotters, the planet itself, an individual person generally visits the same places regularly. Thanks to an analysis of data collected from 40,000 smartphone… Read More
According to a 2018 American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) survey of fitness industry trends, 9 out of 20 of the top fitness trends have foundations in GROUP Training! Rank ordered from highest (most popular trend) to lowest (least popular trend). Only the top 20 for 2018 are described in this report. HIIT. Group training.… Read More
David Lloyd Leisure has thrown down the gauntlet to the UK’s boutique studios by investing £15 million to roll out a new Blaze group exercise class across 49 of its 114 health clubs. The high-intensity interval training (HIIT) class combines cardiovascular training with strength and combat exercises in a format not dissimilar to those from 1Rebel… Read More
Did you know that the global health and fitness industry is worth a whopping US$87.2 billion, and welcomed 174 million consumers at more than 201,000 facilities around the world (IHRSA, 2018). The US leads all markets in revenue with $30 billion, while Germany is second ($5.6 billion), and the United Kingdom third ($5.5 billion) (IHRSA,… Read More
StretchLab is one operator that looks set to bring stretching into the mainstream. Founded in California in 2015, by Saul Janson and Tim Trost, it was acquired by Xponential Fitness last year, to create a franchise business. 2018 will see the launch of 30 to 40 sites in the US, with 150 more in 2019, as well… Read More
Spending on leisure and fitness activities increased dramatically during the second quarter of the year, driven by “record levels of consumer confidence”. The figures come from Deloitte’s Leisure Consumer Q2 2018 report, which places fitness among the fastest growing leisure sectors – increasing on both a year-on-year and quarterly basis. Spending on gyms and fitness increased by 2%, as did spending… Read More
Low-cost operator énergie Fitness is looking to more than double the number of franchised clubs it has in Scotland this year. There are currently six énergie sites in the country but, according to Matt Roberts, managing director of énergie Fitness Scotland, the chain is targeting eight new openings by the end of 2018. “We have four franchisees signed… Read More
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