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Fitness Australia pushes for more opportunities to safely exercise. As new cases of COVID-19 continue to rise in the second wave outbreak, Fitness Australia is calling on government to give all Australians including individuals, families ...

Australia’s gym sector is set for a shakeup with Viva Leisure (ASX: VVA) to acquire Australian Fitness Management (AFM) and its 197 franchised Plus Fitness locations which will leapfrog Viva to become the third largest ...

Fitness Australia report finds more than 60% of businesses would last less than a month without financial support. Fitness Australia has today released an Impact of Extending the JobKeeper Payment for the Fitness Industry Report ...

With cases of COVID-19 reported in South-Western Sydney, Planet Fitness has taken vigorous steps to limit community transmission following confirmation a gym patron with COVID-19 attended the facility on July 10th. Fitness Australia has been ...

Fitness Australia’s Keep on Moving Campaign. Stage 3 Restrictions in Victoria will come into effect from 11.59pm tonight, which will see all non-essential services including gyms close in Greater Melbourne and Mitchell Shire for at ...

The result of 4 years of R&D introduce the next generation of fitness innovation: Optimo Grips. The Optimo Grips provide you with 100% safety and hygiene when your training at the gym – that’s peace ...

Nautilus Inc. is seeking a buyer for Octane Fitness so it can once again focus solely on its home fitness equipment brands. Nautilus, which has been in the home fitness equipment market for more than ...

Fitness Australia calls for Queensland Government to release Plan. Following Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s announcement yesterday for Stage 3 Easing of Restrictions from 3 July, Fitness Australia is calling on the Queensland Government to release ...

Greg Glassman, who founded CrossFit in 2000, is selling the business to Eric Roza, according to a June 24 announcement on Twitter by Dave Castro with CrossFit. The sale is expected to be completed in ...

Following months of forced closure as a result of the Covid-19 global pandemic, we are now seeing gyms reopening across the country. Despite various State based restrictions, Australian owned 24 hour gym franchise group, Plus ...