News: Wellness
Special promotion for Merrithew Australian Symposium
Leading fitness equipment distributor Leisure Concepts has announced a special promotion for industry professionals wanting to attend the 2017 MERRITHEW™ Australian Symposium....
Jan 4, 2017
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Design Software aids fitness club layouts
ECDESIGN Space Planner, a layout software created by Swedish software developer EasySale Sweden, has become the leading gym design solution for the commercial fitness industry...
Jan 3, 2017
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Adidas unveils design for fitness-focused World of Sports campus
Sportswear giant adidas has revealed its plans to transform its German headquarters into a huge activity and lifestyle campus, including four, star-shaped, public spaces...
Jan 2, 2017
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Nature Play Queensland launches summer-themed activities
Nature Play Queensland has launched a range of new summer-themed activity playlists for the school holidays. The additional Nature Play initiatives aim to encourage children and...
Jan 2, 2017
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Swimmers warned over southerly spread of irukandji jellyfish
Swimmers are being urged to take extra care in waters off Queensland amid warnings the deadly irukandji jellyfish is moving further south. Four people have been taken to...
Dec 30, 2016
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Women’s Health and Fitness Summit offers unique opportunity for new presenters
Building on its successful introduction at this year’s Women’s Health and Fitness Summit (WHFS), the Summit’s organisers will again be offering ‘The Platform’, an opportunity...
Dec 28, 2016
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Horizons Regional Council increases monitoring of popular swim spots
Horizons Regional Council has increased their annual swim spot monitoring programme from 17 sites to over 80, to run alongside a complementary summer swim spot campaign that...
Dec 27, 2016
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FILEX prepares for Sydney return in 2017
Australia and the southern hemisphere’s largest fitness industry convention, FILEX, will be returning to Sydney in 2017, presenting three days of industry education at the new...
Dec 24, 2016
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Technogym’s SKILLMILL wins 2016 Good Design award
Technogym’s new SKILLMILL, launched at the Olympic games in Rio, has been awarded the world’s most prestigious design prize - ‘Good Design’ - the oldest and the most prestigious...
Dec 22, 2016
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Crunch Fitness partners with Cristiano Ronaldo to launch CR7 gyms
US-based franchise Crunch Fitness has announced a new joint venture with football star Cristiano Ronaldo that will see the launch of CR7 clubs around the world. The venture with...
Dec 22, 2016
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Perth's troubled Elizabeth Quay playground reopens for summer
The troubled Elizabeth Quay water playground in Perth, repeatedly closed because of persistent problems with contaminated water since its opening in January, has reopened for...
Dec 21, 2016
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Dubai plans national fitness index as part of activity and wellness drive
Dubai is planning to launch a fitness index in 2018 as part of an initiative to encourage people living in the city to to be more active. The Hamdan bin Mohammed Initiative for...
Dec 20, 2016
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New online guide to safe swimming launched
New Zealanders are being encouraged to go online to check the quality of the water at coastal and freshwater swimming sites this summer. The new ‘Can I swim here?’ feature on...
Dec 20, 2016
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New aquatic and recreation centre to be built at Canberra’s Australian National University
The Australian National University has announced plans to build a new $14 million pool aquatic and recreation facility. The new centre, which will feature as part of a larger...
Dec 18, 2016
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Authority responsible for aquatic play area ‘didn’t understand’ water science
The saga of the management of Perth’s Elizabeth Quay aquatic playground has continued with Western Australia’s Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority (MRA) Chief Executive Kieran...
Dec 16, 2016
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Fernwood Fitness surpasses fundraising goal with $128,291 donated to BCNA
Following a program of fundraising during November, Fernwood Fitness has officially donated $128,291 to the Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA). The leading women’s gym,...
Dec 14, 2016
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New Zealand rugby's new player deal to see testing for recreational drug use
New Zealand Rugby will introduce random out-of-competition testing for recreational drugs from next season, for coaches and administrators as well as players. The testing regime...
Dec 14, 2016
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Outdoor fitness a motivator for mums
Public health policy should adopt a successful outdoor fitness model that gets urban mums off the couch and into nature, a new Griffith University study has found. The...
Dec 13, 2016
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Million dollar sport equipment giveaway to boost getting active
Spartan Sports, in partnership with the Australian Sports Foundation (ASF), is giving away $1 million worth of product and equipment to help combat Australia’s declining...
Dec 13, 2016
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Hepburn Wellness to create pop-up day spa at Lorne Sea Baths
Hepburn Wellness is set to open a pop-up wellness spa at the historic Lorne Sea Baths from Friday 16th December through to April 2017, to coincide with Lorne’s most popular...
Dec 12, 2016
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Fashion connects with wellness, experiences and 'athleisure'
‘Feeling good is the new looking good’ is the key message to emerge from The State of Fashion 2017 - a new report on the global fashion industry by BoF (Business of Fashion) and...
Dec 12, 2016
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Acquapole revitalises aquatic fitness operations
Since introducing the Acquapole® aqua fitness product into her classes at the Parafield Gardens Swim School in Adelaide in April 2014, Master Trainer Kym A’Court has seen a...
Dec 11, 2016
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S-Drive Performance Trainer backs Redfern’s Lift Performance Centre
Since its opening in 2014, the Lift Performance Centre in the Sydney suburb of Redfern has set out to be different from conventional gyms by offering a range of innovations and...
Dec 6, 2016
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Technogym study explores the mindset of Millennials
At the end of last year Technogym released a US-based study looking at the health and fitness habits and attitudes of 5,000 Millennials, aged between 14 and 34 years, that has...
Dec 5, 2016
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