YMCA news
23 Jul 2024
Finalists for the UK Active Awards 2024 have been announced. Winners from across the 14
18 Aug 2023
Peloton, which announced a major rebrand in May is also relaunching into the B2B market
16 Jun 2023
Dan Rees, the former MD of Premier Global NASM – the training company which was
07 Mar 2022
In celebration of International Women’s Day, WIFA launches the most significant global advocacy campaign for
02 Jun 2020
Dan Rees has been appointed to oversee the growth of training company Premier Global NASM's
18 Mar 2020
Leading fitness chains in the US are closing their clubs and studios, as a measure
In today's rapidly evolving fitness industry, where many online courses promise secret formulas for entrepreneurial
23 Jan 2020
Tech giant Apple is venturing further into the wellness space by launching a new Apple
05 Dec 2019
Freemotion Fitness has appointed John Harris to the role of director of Business Development. Harris
22 Aug 2019
Arvinda Gohil has been appointed CEO of Central YMCA. Gohil joins the health and wellbeing
01 Mar 2019
Sportswear giant Nike has teamed up with equipment supplier Technogym to create a bespoke Nike
19 Nov 2018
Paula Wells has been named director of YMCA Awards. Wells, who has spent more than
29 Oct 2018
Fitness studio operator Frame has launched a training course designed to meet the demands of
The BLK BOX team is thrilled to unveil its design and construction work on the
14 Jun 2018
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has announced several changes in its leadership,
22 May 2018
YMCA Awards has become the UK’s first awarding organisation to achieve accreditation from the Chartered
13 Mar 2018
Central London’s YMCA Club has selected Legend Club Management Systems as its new, one-step, single
25 Jan 2018
Organisations have pledged to back a programme aimed at encouraging more people with disabilities to
13 Nov 2017
Mental health providers should integrate personal training programmes into their patients’ treatment plans, a new
31 Oct 2017
Virtual reality fitness device Icaros is heading for the gym floor at YMCA’s Minneapolis club
10 Jul 2017
The Swimming Teachers’ Association (STA) has recruited its 10,000th member and had all of its
19 Apr 2017
Former US president Bill Clinton and former first lady Michelle Obama are to make keynote
08 Mar 2017
The Retention Convention will focus on the impact a happy workforce has on retaining leisure
06 Mar 2017
Fitness and leisure qualification body Active IQ has strengthened its team with the addition of
11 Jan 2017
Education and training providers in the health and fitness sector need to embrace learning technology
07 Oct 2016
GLL, Everyone Active and Fusion Lifestyle are among the nominations for this year’s Active Training
02 Sep 2016
Almost £30m has been ploughed into grassroots football facilities over the last six months, courtesy
02 Dec 2015
YMCA Awards has appointed Craig Potter head of commercial as the awarding organisation aims to
27 Nov 2015
Lifetime Training scooped a trio of awards as the leading lights of physical activity sector
16 Oct 2015
Finalists have been announced for the 2015 Active Training Awards, which will be presented on
17 Sep 2015
Fitness training providers and colleges are failing to capitalise on the benefits of integrating technology-enabled
01 Sep 2015
Y-USA (the YMCA of the USA) has teamed up with the Healthy Weight Partnership to
28 Aug 2015
London's Walkie Talkie, also known as 20 Fenchurch Street, has suffered a barrage of criticism
27 Aug 2015
Leading fitness equipment suppliers are turning to partnerships with training providers to offer their clients
08 Jul 2015
Government cuts to further education budgets are putting key initiatives tackling obesity and physical inactivity
25 Jun 2015
Lancashire’s Wyre Council has completed the Spa on the Breck in Poulton-le-Fylde, marking the first
28 May 2015
CYQ is to change its name to YMCA Awards from 1 June, ahead of plans
13 Apr 2015
Wyre Council has invested more than £3m to rejuvenate Thornton Health and Fitness Centre in
05 Feb 2015
InstructAbility, the award-winning programme providing fitness instructor training for people with disabilities, is to roll
02 Dec 2014
Starting in the new year, residents of North Lancashire with an unhealthy BMI, will get
10 Nov 2014
Awarding organisation Active IQ has launched a new range of active leisure qualifications designed to
27 Oct 2014
The finalists have been named for the Active Training Awards 2014, which will see the
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Disappointment about being
passed over for promotion
gave Neil Randall, the resilience
he needed to climb the ranks.
He talks to Kath Hudson about
the challenges he faced early
in his career and the skills
he learned from them
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The Maybourne Group has unveiled its all-new London
hotel The Emory. Megan Whitby goes behind the scenes
at Surrenne, its cutting-edge health and wellness club
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Indoor bikes may remain stationary, but the discipline is in constant motion.
Innovators tell Steph Eaves how they’re keeping pace with the latest trends
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A new study has found major differences in the way males and females utilise fat during exercise, as Kath Hudson reports
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Weight loss drugs are altering consumer behaviour, disrupting sectors from food retailing (smaller portions) to apparel (less fabric needed). We need to move fast to align with this new reality
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Dr Matthew Wade and Georgie
Poole talk us through research
from UK Active and Savanta that
gives a deeper understanding of
what motivates consumers
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“Social media is causing huge amounts of poor mental health and a lot of fitness influencers don't understand the damage they’re doing”
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Dr Tim Anstiss is developing coachbots that are supporting positive
behaviour change for operators such as Life Leisure and KA Leisure
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As the UK healthcare sector struggles with ever-increasing demand, health club operators are stepping in and offering members welcome medical support. Kath Hudson reports
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