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Is AI beyond you? Roster is aiming to plug ‘tech skills’ gaps in the physical activity sector
By Tom Walker 12 Oct 2023 Roster founders Ollie Bell (left), Matt Warner (middle) and Nabil Hadi (right) / Roster A new startup is looking to carve out a market for itself by helping those working in sports and physical activity make better use of emerging technologies Roster isContinue Reading
Los Angeles Rams NFL team signs Xponential as fitness partner
By Tom Walker 12 Oct 2023 The collaboration will present Xponential with the opportunity to offer its fitness concepts, which includes Rumble, to new audiences / Xponential Fitness Xponential has secured a deal to become the official fitness partner of the Los Angeles Rams NFL team The two willContinue Reading
Physical literacy initiative will ‘build a nation that loves to move’
Physical literacy can be developed at all life stages to deepen engagement with exercise / Shutterstock/Jacob Lund More than 100 people from across the academic and sport and physical activity sectors gathered at the Royal Society of Arts in London on 28 September to launch the Physical Literacy Consensus StatementContinue Reading
Disruptions between memory and appetite linked to obesity
By Tom Walker 26 Sep 2023 The research found disrupted connections between memory and appetite-regulation in the Hippocampus are directly proportional to BMI / Shutterstock/Sciepro Disruptions in the way the human brain links memory and appetite could help explain some disorders associated with obesity. Research from the Perelman SchoolContinue Reading
Mental health now the ‘main motivation for exercise’
By Tom Walker 21 Sep 2023 54 per cent of people said their main motivation for keeping physically active was to help their mental health / Shutterstock.com/WPixz Improved mental health is now a stronger motivation for Brits to exercise than staying in shape. More than half of respondents (54Continue Reading
World Health Organization reports on ‘devastating impact’ of high blood pressure – calls for physical activity to be used as prevention
By Tom Walker 20 Sep 2023 High blood pressure is a killer and WHO is now recommending physical activity as a preventative measure / Shutterstock/Prostock-studio The World Health Organization (WHO) has published its first-ever report on the “devastating global impact” of high blood pressure, along with recommendations on theContinue Reading
Aman names Maria Sharapova global wellness ambassador and secures US$360 million from UAE investors
By Megan Whitby 12 Sep 2023 An Olympic medallist, Sharapova retired in 2020 after achieving five major titles at the French Open, Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open / Aman Former world number one tennis player Maria Sharapova has entered into a multi-year partnership to become Aman’s first-everContinue Reading
Striking Hollywood actors are more fired up than ever, 100 days on
Autumn has arrived in Los Angeles, but it’s still a toasty 29C outside Paramount Studios in Hollywood where, as of Saturday 21 October, striking actors will have gathered in force for 100 consecutive days. The picketers don’t mind the heat, though. Last month, as temperatures soared to over 40, theyContinue Reading
Strictly’s Layton Williams discusses his Bury accent on Graham Norton | Culture
Strictly Come Dancing star Layton Williams discussed his Bury accent with Sir Patrick Stewart, Ralph Fiennes, Joan Collins and Bella Ramsey on The Graham Norton Show. After a chat with Sir Patrick about received pronunciation, Norton asked the two younger guests if they had ever been “encouraged” to lose theirContinue Reading
Tories plan stamp duty cut to win over voters
Senior Tories are considering an “aspirational” pledge to slash stamp duty in an attempt to turn around the Conservative Party’s political fortunes. Sir Keir Starmer positioned himself as the heir to Tony Blair after Labour won the previously safe Tory seats of Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth with swings of moreContinue Reading