News: Wellness
YMCA Australia backs calls for taxes on sugary drinks
In a move consistent with its advocacy of healthy lifestyles, YMCA Australia has today announced its support for call for taxes on sugary drinks sold in Australia. The YMCA’s...
Apr 14, 2016
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Retail
Fitness First opens new facilities in Kuwait
Fitness First Middle East has continued to expand in the region with two new facilities, the brand’s fifth and sixth clubs in Kuwait. The new premium clubs are each spread...
Apr 12, 2016
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Fitness
HQH Fitness expects that Total Gym's Row Trainer will impress Australasian fitness club managers
With the Total Gym® Row Trainer™ having turned heads at its debut at the IHRSA Trade Show in Orlando, Florida in March, Australasian distributor HQH Fitness expects that local...
Apr 12, 2016
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Fitness
Tennis Australia announces Fitbit as new Cardio Tennis partner
Tennis Australia has welcomed Fitbit, the world’s biggest seller of wearable fitness products, as the new partner of the program that will now be known as Fitbit Cardio Tennis....
Apr 12, 2016
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Technogym acquires controlling stake in software specialist Exerp
Technogym has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire a majority stake in Exerp – a global digital specialist in fitness club member engagement software. The deal...
Apr 11, 2016
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Fitness
Life Fitness to showcase the biggest brands at the 2016 Fitness & Health Expo
Life Fitness, the global leader in commercial fitness equipment, will display its full range of activity inspiring brands at the upcoming 2016 Fitness & Health Expo. Brands...
Apr 11, 2016
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Fitness
Wellness tourism on the rise
The change in Australians’ holiday patterns away from ‘fly-and-flop’ vacations to more visits with an emphasis on wellness and activity and the growth in health enhancing...
Apr 10, 2016
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Wellness
Global and local speakers to chart the changing face of sport and recreation
With a growing population, Australia’s sporting bodies and government at all levels are struggling to address the shortage in community sport facilities to cope with the...
Apr 9, 2016
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Surfaces
Gold Coast Commonwealth Games legacy to include at least 10 outdoor gyms
The Gold Coast City Council plans to develop out 10 new outdoor gyms as a ‘legacy project’ for the 2018 Commonwealth Games – echoing similar services offered in London in the...
Apr 6, 2016
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Parks
Fitness and fashion to combine at the Fitness & Health Expo
Recently established active wear brand SLY Active has been announced as the official apparel supplier for this year’s Fitness & Health Expo in Melbourne, showcasing what’s...
Apr 6, 2016
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Fitness
Report says Australia is losing the war on obesity and alcohol
Leading public health experts have advised that Australia is losing the war against alcohol and obesity because it lacks a comprehensive approach to prevention. A report in the...
Apr 5, 2016
Education /
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Government
Students seek answers over collapsed Fitlink training college
Students, many of whom have paid thousands of dollars in course fees to registered training provider Fitlink, are seeking answers over the future of their education. While...
Apr 3, 2016
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Fitness
Refurbished UWA Recreation and Fitness Centre equipped by Summit Fitness
The University of Western Australia’s Recreation and Fitness Centre at its Crawley campus has recently undergone a huge refurbishment. Available to students, members, staff,...
Mar 31, 2016
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Fitness
Therapeutic Goods Administration warn of serious health risk posed by slimming product
The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued a safety advisory notice in relation to a product know as Leisure Slimming capsules, which they warn "pose a...
Mar 30, 2016
Legal /
Wellness /
Retail
Australia’s largest wellness expo returns to Sydney
The Wellness Show - a unique showcase of the innovations and technology that are transforming the way people stay healthy, happy and fit - is returning to Sydney this weekend....
Mar 30, 2016
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Wellness /
Fitness
WaterMarc Banyule tops Let’s Move For a Better World challenge
For the second time in three years Banyule City Council's WaterMarc facility has been recognised as Australia's top performing facility in Technogym’s Let’s Move For a Better...
Mar 30, 2016
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Fitness
a_space innovates with outdoor gym installations
With the last five years having seen the concept of outdoor gyms growing from ‘an interesting idea’ to a well regarded asset in more than 300 communities across Australia,...
Mar 29, 2016
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Parks
Australia’s first immersive cycle experience comes to Melbourne
Les Mills will unveil a futuristic, never-before-seen concept cycle studio in Melbourne on 30th April that will fuse cinema, virtual reality and cycling. THE TRIP™ is an...
Mar 29, 2016
Events /
Wellness /
Fitness
Leisure Concepts continues as Cybex distributor in Australia
Following the acquisition of Cybex International Inc. by Life Fitness parent company Brunswick Corporation in January, Melbourne-based Leisure Concepts has announced that it is...
Mar 27, 2016
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Wellness /
Fitness
Events boost participation in triathlon among Manawatu youngsters
New research shows a growing number of Manawatu children are engaging in triathlon events, since the introduction of the I Tri’d the Tri Series 13 years ago. Associate Professor...
Mar 26, 2016
Events /
Sport /
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Wellness
Activity entrepreneurs share their business secrets
Australasian Leisure Management asked leading entrepreneurs in the fitness and activity industry how they have built their businesses, what they have learned, about their...
Mar 23, 2016
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Fitness
Fitness First gives teenagers free club access during the school holidays
Mindful that young women are twice as likely to be more sedentary than young men and the new Australian Government #girlsmakeyourmove campaign calling on young women to be more...
Mar 22, 2016
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Fitness
Life Fitness to launch InMovement product range at Sydney’s The Wellness Show
Leading fitness equipment supplier Life Fitness is to launch its InMovement productive Wellbeing™ product range at the upcoming The Wellness Show. In addition to InMovement...
Mar 20, 2016
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Technology /
Fitness
Business education streams announced for active-net Australasia
The upcoming active-net Australasia business-focused networking event has added a business/education stream to its program. Similar to the UK event, active-net Australasia,...
Mar 20, 2016
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Fitness