News: Fitness
Hyrox opens bidding for cities to host 2026/27 World Championships
Mass participation fitness challenge, Hyrox, has announced that for the first time it is inviting cities across the world to bid to host the Hyrox World Championships. Hyrox has...
Apr 23, 2025
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Fitness
AUSactive appoints Ailish Hanley to its Board as Non-Executive Director
AUSactive has recently appointed Ailish Hanley as a Non-Executive Director to its Board, bringing with her a wealth of experience in strategy, governance, advocacy, and public...
Apr 23, 2025
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Fitness
Key details released for 2025 Ballarat Marathon
Key details have been released for the second annual Ballarat Marathon road running festival to be held on 26th and 27th April - with already more than 9000 entries across all...
Apr 23, 2025
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Life Fitness Australia releases new additions to Hammer Strength lineup
Life Fitness Australia, a leader in commercial fitness equipment, has announced the arrival of three bold new additions to the Hammer Strength lineup - built for serious...
Apr 23, 2025
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Grants open for Geelong Positive Ageing events and experiences
The City of Greater Geelong has announced the opening of the Positive Ageing Grants with grants of up to $1,000 available to support community-hosted activities and experiences...
Apr 23, 2025
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Justin McDonell and Richard Peil to take control of Anytime Fitness UK
In a significant move for Australian fitness and franchising, Justin McDonell and Richard Peil, the pair who built Anytime Fitness Australia into the country’s largest gym...
Apr 23, 2025
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Fitness and entertainment additions at Changi Airport Terminal 2
Offering an escape to combat jet lag, resist fatigue and boost energy for transit passengers, a new Fit&Fun Zone is now operating within the transit area at Singapore’s Changi...
Apr 22, 2025
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Les Mills continues to rollout Ceremony circuit workout
From the early days of the Curves exclusively for women circuit training phenomena through to the F45 functional and high-intensity workouts, circuit training continues to rise...
Apr 21, 2025
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Fitness
AUSactive Chief Executive Barrie Elvish announces retirement
AUSactive has announced the retirement of its Chief Executive, Barrie Elvish, who has served the organisation with distinction since January 2019. Initially joining as interim...
Apr 20, 2025
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Research
Revo Fitness makes regional debut with 24/7 reformer Pilates at Australind
With demand for Pilates booming, fast growing fitness chain, Revo Fitness has made its regional debut delivering 24/7 reformer Pilates to the Western Australian coastal town of...
Apr 18, 2025
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Plus Fitness achieves 5 star FRANdata rating
Plus Fitness has advised that it has been recognised as a high performing brand through the Australian Franchise Rating Scale™ from FRANdata Australia - the country’s leading...
Apr 16, 2025
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Fitness
Vale: Dr Dion Klein
Australasian Leisure Management is saddened to learn of the death of Dr Dion Klein. Originally from the USA, Dion brought with him a wealth of experience in health, physical...
Apr 16, 2025
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Fitness
Wexer partners with Innovatise to deliver seamless digital fitness experiences
Leading provider of digital fitness solutions, Wexer, has renewed their strategic partnership with Innovatise, the company behind myFitApp, a powerful, flexible fitness platform...
Apr 16, 2025
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Pilates equipment supplier reveals ignored items and habits that could compromise health at the gym
Sol Scheinmann, founder of Pilates Matters, an online retailer specialising in high-quality Pilates equipment has shared eight commonly ignored items and habits that might be...
Apr 16, 2025
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Core Health and Fitness releases new connected display platform
Core Health and Fitness - a vertically integrated global manufacturer and distributor of fitness equipment has announced the release of its Next Generation 8 and 10 Series...
Apr 16, 2025
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Anytime Fitness spotlights its support for endurance athlete Fran Hurndall
Anytime Fitness has flagged its support for endurance athlete Fran Hurndall as she takes on an extraordinary challenge this May - running 3,800 kilometres from Fremantle, WA to...
Apr 15, 2025
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Fitness
Jim’s Group relaunches personal training venture with free franchises offer
Jim's Group, the world's largest home franchise business - best known for the Jim's Mowing brand - has announced it will be relaunching its personal training venture. The...
Apr 14, 2025
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Fitness
FIBO 2025 extended offerings set new standards for 40th anniversary
Boasting over 1,200 exhibitors and partners as well as 154,748 visitors from 129 countries, Germany’s FIBO fitness industry trade show FIBO, held from 10th to 13th April 2025,...
Apr 14, 2025
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Pavigym introduces new flooring solution for efficient gym spaces
Fitness flooring leader Pavigym has announced the launch of Connect, a new flooring solution for connected, safer and more efficient gym spaces. Launched at FIBO in Germany last...
Apr 14, 2025
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YOHKA flags growth of interest in fitness and endurance racing
Fast growing fitness and endurance racing brand YOHKA has advised how the mass participation trend is booming across Australia, with tens of thousands of enthusiasts testing...
Apr 14, 2025
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Tax Communications specialist flags what fitness industry employees should be aware of at tax time
Tax time is here and whether you plan to use a professional to complete your return or do it yourself, it’s vital that those working in the fitness industry claim deductions for...
Apr 14, 2025
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FITREC and HealthyPeople collaboration supports Les Mills Asia Pacific recruitment
Les Mills Asia Pacific, FITREC Registration and HealthyPeople Recruitment have announced a partnership that will deliver a groundbreaking, free instructor sourcing tool for Les...
Apr 13, 2025
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AUSactive welcomes natural therapies being considered for Health Fund rebate reinstatement
AUSactive has welcomed the latest recommendations from the Federal Government’s Natural Therapies Review, which supports the re-inclusion of key modalities such as Pilates, yoga...
Apr 13, 2025
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Anytime Fitness contributes to revitalisation of Ipswich shopping centre
Ipswich City Council has acknowledged the importance of the recent opening of Queensland’s first flagship Anytime Fitness club in revitalising the Nicholas Street Precinct in...
Apr 12, 2025
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Fitness