DR JOHN MORGAN
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Welcome to<br />
HEALTH CLUB MANAGEMENT<br />
Health Club Management<br />
is IHRSA’s European<br />
Strategic Media Partner<br />
p48 What will the digital hi-tech health club of the future look like<br />
p42 The GP who advocates exercise to all his patients<br />
p54 Interaction with staff + progress = retention<br />
p68 News, innovations and the latest trends from Leisure Industry Week 2014<br />
Contents<br />
03 Editor’s letter<br />
Health clubs and leisure centres<br />
should embrace the commercial<br />
opportunity derived from being<br />
‘socially useful’, says Kate Cracknell<br />
08 People<br />
We meet the inventors of the Act<br />
Alarm Clock, StepJockey calorie<br />
converter and One World Futbol<br />
14 Letters<br />
The key to tackling inactivity in kids<br />
is to find fun, scalable solutions, says<br />
celebrity trainer Matt Roberts<br />
18 News round-up<br />
Fitness First to sell off German<br />
estate, and PHE publishes new<br />
framework to combat inactivity<br />
28 International news<br />
Fitness First opens its third club<br />
in Kuwait, and the 4,000sq ft club<br />
Acibadem Sports opens in Istanbul<br />
30 People news<br />
Scott Rolfe is appointed CEO of<br />
Halo, and Mark Talley swaps LA<br />
fitness for Everyone Active<br />
34 ukactive update<br />
CEO of ukactive David Stalker<br />
reviews the themes and moods at<br />
the recent Labour and Conservative<br />
Party conferences<br />
36 IHRSA update<br />
Arianna Huffington to speak at<br />
IHRSA 2015, and Olav Thorstad<br />
wins European leadership award<br />
38 Diary dates<br />
SIBEC Europe takes place in<br />
Madeira in November<br />
40 Everyone’s talking about...<br />
Predictions for 2015<br />
As we gear up for 2015, what looks<br />
set to drive growth for the health<br />
and fitness sector<br />
42 Interview<br />
Dr John Morgan<br />
Kate Cracknell talks to the GP who<br />
hit the headlines for recommending<br />
walking to his patients, and finds<br />
out why he thinks more GPs<br />
should be following suit<br />
48 Hi-tech future<br />
What will the digital health club of<br />
the future look like We ask the<br />
experts for their thoughts<br />
54 Interaction = progress<br />
= retention<br />
Does interaction with fitness<br />
staff impact on member progress,<br />
and does this have an effect on<br />
retention Melvyn Hillsdon reports<br />
60 Wearing it well<br />
We catch up with the latest<br />
products in wearable technology<br />
– a market that’s expected to be<br />
worth US$2bn by 2018<br />
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Read Health Club Management online at healthclubmanagement.co.uk/digital<br />
November/December 2014 © Cybertrek 2014
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