Leading fitness equipment supplier and manufacturer Precor will be launching three new Spinner® bikes to the indoor cycling market at the Spinning Showcase, part of the International Fitness Showcase (IFS) in Blackpool. Featuring a Spinning Theatre Bar with classes for all, a Spinning Lecture...
Continue ReadingParalympian John Domandl will be the keynote speaker at active-net Australasia. Aged 55, the vision-impaired triathlete, ironman, marathon runner and adventurer has finished more 100 triathlons, five marathons, and one 24-hour ultramarathon. He is the first legally blind person in the world to complete an ultraman...
Continue ReadingImpulse Leisure has officially re-launched its Belhus Park centre following a £400,000 redevelopment to create a modern, fully social media and internet enabled facility. The new-look, open plan gym has increased from 38 to 65 workout stations to cater for growing demand with an extended free...
Continue ReadingPrecor is introducing five new pieces to its plate-loaded Discovery Series Strength range. The angled leg press, hack squat, power rack, half rack and multi-adjustable bench will be released throughout the Spring. The leg press features a 45 degree angled carriage sled and an optimised seat design...
Continue ReadingA high-powered industry panel will discuss and debate the industry’s response to the Government’s Sporting Future – A New Strategy for an Active Nation at this year’s active-net, taking place at Loughborough University on the 27th and 28th of April. Sport England’s Property Director, Charles Johnston,...
Continue ReadingQuest, the sport and leisure industry’s leading quality scheme, has announced a raft of changes aimed at making it even stronger and more relevant, in line with both government and Sport England thinking. The changes, unveiled at the annual Quest & NBS Conference in Loughborough on...
Continue ReadingRather than posing a threat, the new sentencing guidelines for safety offences, which came into effect on 1 February 2016, should provide an easy reference for operators, who until now may not have fully understood the implications of a lack or disregard of health and...
Continue ReadingThe public are truly beginning to understand the importance of physical activity in improving or maintaining health, according to the Health and Fitness Omnibus Survey (HAFOS), which saw a leap from 25% of people citing this as their motive to exercise in 2011 to 55%...
Continue ReadingOxygen Freejumping, the UK’s largest trampoline park operator, has joined forces with health and safety and quality management expert, Right Directions, to create a Trampoline Park Safety Operating Plan (TPSOP). Right Directions, which delivers Sport England’s quality scheme Quest, as well as ukactive’s Code of Practice,...
Continue ReadingEssex-based charitable leisure trust Impulse Leisure has been shortlisted for a prestigious national marketing award for its work on the new budget gym, The Gym Hub in Wickford. Organised by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), the CIM Marketing Excellence Awards recognise and celebrate excellence within...
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