heAlth & FItness


New system for Leisure Connection’s hotel sites


Leisure Connection Hotel and Private Management has partnered with ClubWise to launch a new membership system at all nine of its Park Inn-based facilities. Te system allows customers to sign up


for a membership online, while the direct debit details are simultaneously set up in the club’s system to reduce process errors. It also provides a solution in which cus-


tomers can be kept informed of latest news and offers at Leisure Connection Hotel and Private Management-run facilities. Details: http://lei.sr?a=i4B0p


FIA slams ‘diet first’ approach


David Stalker, CEO of Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has described claims that exercise plays no part in preventing obesity as “dangerous”. Responding to a new report


– Hunter-Gatherer Energetics and Human Obesity, which claims obesity is more due to over-eating rather sedentary lifestyles – Stalker warned of “over-simplifying the issue”. “Te relationship between


exercise, diet and other life- style factors which have led to rising levels of obesity is a complex one,” said Stalker. “I think it is overly simplistic and potentially


Te new research involved academics from Tanzania, the UK and the US Te report, by a six-strong team including


dangerous to conclude from this research that exercise has no role to play. “A diet high in fat, sugar and processed


products has contributed to this epidemic. However, we should be wary of viewing physi- cal activity through an obesity-tinted lens.”


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Snap Fitness opens second UK club in Milton Keynes


Snap Fitness is to open its second UK club in Milton Keynes this month (August), with the club to include equipment from Octane Fitness, Matrix and Jordan Leisure. Te US group is the franchisor of more


than 1,300 facilities worldwide and is look- ing to expand across the UK, with plans in place for between 75 and 100 locations. Te Snap Fitness concept aims to offer


an affordable option for gym users, with its members paying on a month-by-month basis and having no contracts. Read more: http://lei.sr?a=E2T6X


Village Health and Fitness Clubs to offer SH’BAM


Village Health and Fitness Clubs has revealed it is to become one of the first UK operators to offer the SH’BAM group dance class to members across all of its sites. It follows the recent UK launch of the


product, which brings together basic dance styles into a 45-minute workout that uses simple moves for people of all abilities. Te group will continue to offer Les Mills


products such as Bodycombat, Bodypump and Bodyattack in addition to SH’BAM, as well as CXWORX. Read more: http://lei.sr?a=G1k9m


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academics from universities in the US, the UK and Tanzania, studied the habits of the Hadza tribe, who still exist as hunter gatherers. Te report claims there is evidence that


daily energy expenditure is an evolved trait which is unaffected by diverse lifestyles. Te full report: http://lei.sr?a=r2e2P


DC Leisure to deliver Sandwell complex


DC Leisure has been con- firmed as Sandwell Council’s preferred bidder to design and build a new £11m leisure centre and swimming pool complex in West Bromwich. The facility is currently


scheduled to open in early 2014 and will be delivered by DC Leisure in conjunction with Pellikaan Construction. Work is due to begin next year, subject to approval. A 100-station fitness suite


and dance studios will form part of the complex, along with a 25m pool, learner pool and a four-court sports hall. Te proposed complex will be located on the


Te new facility will house a 100-station fitness suite and dance studios Sandwell Council’s Steve Eling said: “DC


corner of Moor Street and Barton Street, with a planning application due to be submitted later this year. Work will start in early 2013.


Leisure is a major player in the industry with all the skills, knowledge and expertise to give Sandwell a state of the art pool complex.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=f1N9j


Somerset health club completes Trixter installation


theclub at Cadbury House, one of the largest independent health clubs in the south west, has installed four new Trixter X-dream indoor bikes, following a £24,000 investment. Members will be able to replicate the feel of riding a bicycle in an outdoor environment,


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with the machines featuring real gears, brakes, handlebars and four terrain settings. Virtual screens allow users to see where they


are in relation to those on other bikes, which encourages a more competitive workout. Read more: http://lei.sr?a=U9D0j


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