CONTENTS
MAY 2016
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Managing yield – our experts’ top tips
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Editor’s letter
Revenue booster
The fitness sector has another opportunity to prove itself in preventative healthcare – a new NHS-led diabetes prevention programme
How can clubs improve their performance in the critical area of yield management? Vidmantas Siugzdinis on fitness in the Baltics
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Letters
Nigel Wallace of Lifetime Training considers the proposal to offer personal training on the NHS
12 People profiles
We profile former All Blacks captain turned motivational speaker Sean Fitzpatrick, and astronaut Tim Peake talks about his marathon in space
18 News round-up
Bannatyne eyes £300m IPO, 1Rebel settles ClassPass dispute, eGym secures £32m funding, and Anytime becomes Origin
27 Events calendar
A look at the key upcoming events in the international health and fitness calendar 6
28 Interview Vidmantas Siugzdinis
The CEO of Impuls talks about the rollout of the operation across the Baltics
32 Talking point The mega trusts
Does a move to fewer, larger trusts mean that local needs won’t be heard?
38 An eye for design
We continue our series on the most impressive examples of health club design from around the world
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48 Harder, better, faster
We look at some of the latest off-theshelf packages for HIIT classes
52 Spice of life
Rosie Farrer, Spice’s head of programmes, explains the concept and benefits of ‘time banking’, and how gyms can get involved
54 The right to be forgotten
What do new regulations on the transferral of personal data mean for your business?
72 Selfpowered kit gains ground