News: Wellness
New movement aims to get children playing outside
A new movement is trying to get children away from TVs, computers and smartphones and back outside to play and connect with nature. With fewer Aussie kids playing outside...
Apr 9, 2015
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Parks
Looking for best use of social media at FILEX and the Australian Fitness Expo 2015
With social media commanding an increasing amount of marketing resources and with many businesses clients and customers hanging out on Facebook, Google, Instagram and LinkedIn,...
Apr 9, 2015
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Fitness
Playing sport benefits the mental health of Australians
The 1.35 million Australian adults who participate regularly in some kind of team sport are noticeably less likely to experience mental health conditions such as depression,...
Apr 8, 2015
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Wellness
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry backs campaign for a fitter tax system
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has thrown its support behind Fitness Australia's #FITnotFBT initiative - a campaign calling for the extension of the...
Apr 8, 2015
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Fitness
GymBetter initiative gives clubs access to 3.9 million Medibank members
Australia’s leading gyms brands, including Fitness First, Goodlife and Anytime Fitness, have partnered with Medibank, Australia’s largest health insurer, to give Medibank’s 3.9...
Apr 8, 2015
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Fitness
Ready for the 2015 Australian Fitness Expo
Delegates, suppliers, presenters and professionals from across the Australian fitness industry are currently preparing for the 2015 Australian Fitness & Health Expo being held...
Apr 8, 2015
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Fitness
GreeneDesk sales and marketing seminar to ambush FILEX and Fitness Expo
Fitness technology businesses Mobilefit and GreeneDesk are inviting industry professionals to attend a Sales and Marketing Seminar at the Crowne Plaza Melbourne on Friday 10th...
Apr 7, 2015
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Debitsuccess teams up with New Zealand Institute of Health and Fitness
Leading billing solution company Debitsuccess has joined forces with New Zealand Institute of Health and Fitness (NZIHF) to offer students payment plans as an alternative method...
Apr 6, 2015
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Fitness
Sport Otago Chief Executive brings expertise to NZRA board
John Brimble, one of New Zealand’s most experienced sport, recreation and wellness administrators has been appointed to the Board of the New Zealand Recreation Association...
Apr 6, 2015
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Parks
Life Fitness Introduces the next move in Cardio Workouts
Global commercial fitness equipment leader Life Fitness has introduced the Explore™ Console with the QuickNav™ Dial, an intuitive turn and push-button technology that provides a...
Apr 4, 2015
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Fitness
Shannon Ponton to head Anytime Fitness’ FILEX presence
Anytime Fitness and Brand Ambassador Shannan Ponton will be exhibiting at the 2015 Australian Fitness & Health Expo, being held in Melbourne from 10th to 12th April. As well as...
Apr 3, 2015
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Fitness
PlayNRL school sport program launched in the Riverina
The NRL has partnered with the Australian Sports Commission to encourage school children to become more active through a new Sporting Schools program, PlayNRL. NRL Head of...
Apr 1, 2015
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Government
Exciting innovations and installations from Queenax Australasia
Queenax Australasia has enjoyed a year of some exciting innovations and new installations of its functional fitness frames. Principal among these is the equipment supplier’s...
Apr 1, 2015
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Fitness
AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal finds Essendon players not guilty of using banned peptide
The AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal has found 34 current and former Essendon players not guilty of using a banned supplement during the 2012 football season. The Australian Sports...
Mar 31, 2015
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Wellness
79,000 people in 17 countries join the Let’s Move For a Better World campaign
Over 79,000 people in 356 fitness clubs across 17 countries participated in the 2015 Let’s Move For a Better World, collecting more than 300 million Technogym ‘MOVEs’ to fight...
Mar 31, 2015
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Fitness
Invercargill gym owners oppose plans for City Council funded fitness centre
Invercargill fitness centre owners are rallying against a proposal by Invercargill City Council to build a $795,000 gymnasium at the Splash Palace swimming complex. For several...
Mar 31, 2015
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Fitness
New exhibition explores the connection between nature, photography and health
Centennial Parklands and Royal North Shore Hospital have launched a new collaborative health initiative: Nature | Photography | Health. The exhibition, which was officially...
Mar 31, 2015
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Parks
Eight weeks, three activities, 637 participants
With the aim of facilitating a more active community, Hume City Council’s Be Outdoor Active program has been offering a series of free outdoor fitness trials, including yoga,...
Mar 31, 2015
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Parks
EYE Fitness announces new distribution deals for Stage and Throwdown
In addition to their recent announcement that EYE Fitness will be distributing Pulse equipment, EYE Fitness have taken on the distribution of two additional brands - Stages and...
Mar 31, 2015
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Fitness
Pavigym’s Functional Training launches at new Chadstone South Pacific Health Club
South Pacific Health Clubs’ latest facility in the Melbourne suburb of Chadstone is offering a range of technological innovations and world-class training techniques including...
Mar 30, 2015
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Fitness
Splash Palace's 'Pool pooper' takes business elsewhere
Having had to close pools at the Southland Aquatic Centre/ Splash Palace on six consecutive Fridays as a result of faecal material apparently being deliberately dumped in its...
Mar 29, 2015
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Attractions
EYE Fitness brings Pulse fitness equipment to Australia and New Zealand
Leading regional fitness equipment distributor Eye Fitness is to distribute top European fitness brand Pulse in Australia and New Zealand. Pulse’s mission is to improve the...
Mar 27, 2015
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Fitness
Clubware 3.0 to deliver an enhanced product offering
The latest version of leading fitness centre management software Clubware, offers a range of new and improved features, further strengthening its profile as the most user...
Mar 27, 2015
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Fitness
Serial defecator causes weekly closures of Southland Aquatic Centre
A mystery defecator, or defecators, has caused the closure of pools at the Southland Aquatic Centre/ Splash Palace at Invercargill on New Zealand’s South Island on the last six...
Mar 25, 2015
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Aquatics