HEALTH CLUB MANAGEMENT Welcome to
Health Club Management is IHRSA’s European Strategic Media Partner
p62 Be more adventurous in your spa area with some great new products
p70 Is mind-body research impacting on class delivery?
p46 Performance is the name of the game at newly-opened Athlete Lab Contents
05 Editor’s letter How should we define obesity – is it a disease, a disability or a lifestyle condition? And why does this definition matter? Kate Cracknell shares her thoughts
10 Letters Managing workplace stress through diet and exercise can bring huge benefits to all, says Chris Andrews, MD of Personal Touch Fitness
12 News round-up Pure Gym and The Gym Group scrap merger plans, Gymbox secures £10m capital, 1Rebel’s crowdfunding investment drive, and Google launches first smartwatch
22 International news Turkish operator MACFit rolls out its new budget concept, while Fitness First Middle East opens three new sites
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24 People news Matrix Fitness bolsters UK sales force, IHRSA appoints new chair, and Alan Cuthbert joins Pavigym
26 IHRSA Europe update IHRSA unveils the world’s top health and fitness brands in this year’s Global 25 report
28 ukactive update CEO David Stalker looks ahead to National Fitness Day, which swings into action this September
29 Diary dates This month sees IHRSA’s Latin American conference and trade show taking place in São Paulo, Brazil
30 Everyone’s talking about... Engaging ex-members Ex-members have previously bought into the idea of going to the gym, so how can we tempt them back again?
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32 Interview Malcolm McPhail The CEO of Life Leisure talks to Kate Cracknell about challenging the public health commissioners, and about totally rethinking the model of fitness facilities
38 Gymtopia series Give back to move forward Ray Algar reports on US charity- powered gym The Movement
40 Fitness of the future Tech-savvy members are using apps and devices to take fitness into their own hands. Are you ready for the health tech revolution?
46 Peak performance David Thompson visits the new Athlete Lab cycle hub in London, to see how its team is putting a different spin on performance training
August 2014 © Cybertrek 2014
p66 Putting measures in place to ensure kids are safe in our clubs
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