Club McKendry opened its doors in March 2018, offering Spinning® classes seven times a week. The specialist club, based within Danderhall Leisure Centre just outside of Edinburgh, was a dream come true for Iain McKendry, 24, who runs the sessions. “Spinning® is my life,” he...
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Scottish-based group personal training brand, Beat Theory Fitness, has opened its first franchise site in Waltham Abbey, London. The 325 sq m club, owned by London-born 40 year old, Leon Chee-a-tow, has replaced a gym called Krunch Gym on the M25 Business Estate and will offer...
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Just one year ago running never really featured in Laura Jones’s life. Now the 29 year old from Dorset is halfway through an epic challenge to run seven marathons around the world within a year and raise £10,000 for The Jonny Wilkinson Foundation and The...
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The University of Edinburgh has launched its first satellite gym at its Easter Bush campus. The 250sq m gym is part of the brand new £32 million Roslin Innovation Centre, which has been specifically designed to support research in the Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Agri Tech...
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The John Pounds Centre, in Portsmouth, managed by the John Pounds Community Trust, has refurbished its gym with Precor Inclusive Fitness Initiative (IFI) equipment, making it more accessible. Portsmouth South MP, Flick Drummond, attended a recent open day along with beneficiaries of the trust’s Healthy...
Continue ReadingThe world’s largest 24-hour fitness club chain, Anytime Fitness, has opened in Ruislip Manor. The gym is located near the tube station, in a thriving regenerated area that was relaunched by Boris Johnson back in 2014. Franchisee Matthew Capp was looking for a new challenge having...
Continue ReadingGymWorks in Chorley, Lancashire is the first club in the UK to introduce Precor’s new Spinner® Rally bikes to its Spinning studio. The independent gym has replaced its existing 26 cycles with 31 new Spinner Rally bikes, with extremely positive feedback since the upgrade. With bike...
Continue ReadingStudents at the historic Charterhouse independent boarding school near Godalming, Surrey have benefitted from a new fitness equipment installation in the gym. The 165 sq m gym, part of the Charterhouse Club, is used extensively by students and staff, as well as having a public membership...
Continue ReadingThe World’s largest 24 hour fitness club chain Anytime Fitness has opened in the small historical town of Knutsford. The club, which is adjacent to Tatton Park, is the first Anytime Fitness in the UK to install a Queenax functional training system. Utilising a vacant 1st...
Continue ReadingLeading fitness equipment supplier and manufacturer Precor has announced the promotion of Jo Headington to Head of Regional Sales. Headington, who joined Precor in 2006, has held several roles within the company, first in regional sales and more recently as Group Account Manager for the last...
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