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An independently-owned fitness club in Somerset, voted the best health club in its region at the 2012 Members’ Choice Heal th Club Awards, has taken advantage of a £100,000 investment to re lo c ate its gym to larger facilities. The Fitness Hub Gym in
Portishead has moved less than a mile down the road to a converted warehouse, which has been transformed into a brand new fitness facility. The personal investment came from the
The club has benefitted from a £100,000 investment A new rope and functional fitness rig The International Conference on Kinesiology takes place in Athens, Greece
gym owners, former world champion kick boxer Andy Cleeves and his wife Claire. The new facilities include a women-only
gym area, a spacious main studio, group cycling studio, cardio, power and resistance zones, plus changing rooms and showers. JULY
2–3 ❘ ukactive FLAME Conference Venue Telford International Centre, Telford, UK Summary This is ukactive’s biggest networking and educational event of the year. It kicks off with a golf and spa day on 2 July, with the conference and FLAME Awards on 3 July. The keynote speaker is Jim Steele, a leadership coach for many FTSE 100 companies including Disney and BT. Web
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Functional Fitness specialist Jordan Fitness has helped bring CrossFit strength and conditioning programmes to Cambridge, at a new independently-owned club, CrossFit Stags and Does. Run by personal trainers
29–1 August ❘ 9th Annual International Conference on Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences Venue Athens, Greece Summary This conference is designed to bring together scholars and students from a wide range of applied and integrated health sciences. Web
www.atiner.gr/fitness
7–11 ❘ IDEA World Fitness Convention Venue Los Angeles, US Summary Claimed to be the world’s largest, longest- running international fi tness convention with a diverse educational offering from world-renowned presenters. Web
www.ideafit.com/world
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Duncan Boltt and Dino Sperling, CrossFit Stags and Does is the first CrossFit gym in Cambridge, with 1,2oosq ft of space dedicated to high- intensity workouts using functional fitness techniques including Olympic lifting. The gym currently has a community of
has also been installed and there is an extensive timetable of classes, including regular boot camp sessions. A variety of sessions is on offer seven days a week: four sessions out of the 31 available are included as part of the membership. The Fitness Hub also sponsors several local athletes and raised more than £20,000 for local charities in 2012. SEPTEMBER
Cambridge club introduces CrossFit
3–5 ❘ BASES Conference 2013 Venue UCLAN, Preston, UK Summary This is the annual conference of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences, the professional body for sport and exercise sciences in the UK. Keynote speakers will include Professor Peter Cavanagh from the University of Washington, and Dr Rod Corban of High Performance Sport New Zealand. Web
www.bases.org.uk
The CrossFit Stags and Does team at the Cambridge club
more than 60 members. The ethos of the club is to push its members hard to achieve individual fitness goals. Jordan Fitness was chosen by CrossFit Stags and Does to supply oversized medicine balls, slam balls, battling AUGUST
Pulse 8 Health and Fitness Club in Wokingham, Berkshire, has installed eight Total Gym GTS units to offer GRAVITY small group and team training at the site. The club is owned by entrepreneur John
Barley, who also owns the adjacent, award- winning Nirvana Spa facility.
5–7 ❘ Annual IHRSA / Fitness Brasil Latin American Conference & Trade Show Venue São Paulo, Brazil Summary Latin America’s premier health and wellness event, featuring three days of seminars and networking opportunities. There is also a trade show with more than 100 exhibitors and over 10,000 visitors expected. Web
www.ihrsa.org/fitness-brasil
Pulse 8 invests in Total Gym’s GRAVITY kit
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ropes, powerbands and kettlebells to the club. Co-owner Duncan Boltt says: “I’m a long- time user of Jordan Fitness equipment for functional training. “We always get new people wanting to use
the battling ropes in particular. The workout they offer sets us apart from other facilities”.
8–11 ❘ SPATEC Fall, North America Venue San Diego, US Summary An appointment-based event that brings operators of leading hotel, resort, destination, athletic, medical and day spas together with leading domestic and international suppliers. Web
www.mcleaneventsinternational.com
The equipment is situated on the club’s
mezzanine level, and has been added as part of a club-wide revamp. Pulse 8 now offers two GRAVITY small group exercise classes: GRAVITY Tone and GRAVITY HIIT. GRAVITY Tone is a low impact class, while HIIT is a high- intensity interval training programme.
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