Arguably one of the most important services your gym, fitness franchise, PT studio, crossfit studio, fitness centre, health club or even outdoor fitness business offers its members or clients. Group fitness is high on the priority list of over 60% of members and can easily transform your facility into the go-to place for exercise goers and work magic for member retention and longevity. Here we showcase new equipment, new programs, new circuits, new training systems, new classes and even new strategies for running group fitness in our facility.
More than 1.5 million people globally now compete in HYROX annually. In Australia, the race-style fitness format has moved well past early adopter status and into the mainstream, and the business of fitness is starting to reflect that shift in a serious way. Virgin Active Australia’s recently launched HYROX partnership gives the industry one of […]
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The Les Mills x HYROX partnership isn’t just big news for the fitness industry. For gym owners and fitness professionals across Australia, it’s a ready-made solution to one of the hardest problems in the business: keeping members engaged long enough to stay. Walk the floor of almost any commercial gym in Australia right now and
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Walk into almost any fitness studio in Australia right now and you’ll find a familiar lineup: HIIT, reformer Pilates, yoga, and cycle. All solid. All proven. And all increasingly indistinguishable from the studio down the road. For studio owners and independent instructors, the challenge isn’t attracting fitness enthusiasts – it’s attracting people who have quietly
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There’s a quiet crisis happening in gyms across Australia right now — and it has nothing to do with your pricing, your parking, or your app. It’s a confidence crisis. And new global data suggests it’s one of the biggest drivers of gym member churn that operators consistently overlook. The 2026 Global Fitness Report from
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If you’ve been thinking about introducing boxing into your fitness offerings but keep putting it off, this one’s for you. We sat down with British Olympic bronze medallist and global boxing fitness entrepreneur Tony Jeffries to get the unfiltered truth on what works, what doesn’t, and exactly how Australian gym owners can turn boxing into
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The soundtrack of a fitness business does more than fill silence. It sets pace in a HIIT block, softens the edges of a busy floor, and helps a new member feel like they belong. It is also, in Australia, a legal and operational choice. If you play commercially available music in a business, you are
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Aqua Summit is back and early bird tickets are available now. This is an exciting opportunity for everyone in the aquatic exercise space for both networking as well as education and development. The 2025 Aqua Summit is scheduled for 18th – 19th October, across two days of immersive learning. What is the 2025 Aqua Summit? The
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A new parent company that unifies global fitness brands F45 Training, VAURA Pilates and FS8 has been announced. The launch of FIT (short for Functional Inspired Training) is an exciting moment for the wider fitness community, bringing a variety of exercise and wellbeing modalities under the one umbrella. Here’s what we know so far about
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Is your head in a spin about which bikes to choose for your club or studio? There are a lot of options when it comes to choosing an indoor cycling bike. Do you want high performance, a great price, or something that will impress potential new members? Whether you’re buying, replacing, or upgrading, we’ve done
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For a long time, the equipment central to group fitness was very slow to innovate. As a world leader when it comes to group exercise programming, Les Mills has been in a unique position to develop cutting edge equipment that integrates seamlessly into group fitness classes, improving safety and delivering maximum results. It’s been a
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Most men are trapped in the mindset that the solo gym routine is the way to go. However, group fitness classes for men have some great benefits and are worth considering. Group exercise classes for men add that extra bit of fun and energy, plus help you get fitter. Benefits of Group Workouts for Men
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If you’re looking for a workout combining high-energy cardio, muscle toning, and that also happens to be a lot of fun, Pound Fit might be just the thing to shake up your fitness routine. With weighted drumsticks (Ripstix®) in hand, you’ll smash your way to better fitness in a class that feels more like a
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