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Les Mills’ global Workout for Water raises US$850,000
A
global fitness fundraising
and their families gain access
initiative, Workout For
to safe water, health care,
Water, has raised more
nutrition and vital sanitation.
than US$850,000 (€720,490,
Workouts, involving Les
£633,620) to help combat
Mills’ 19,000 gym partners
ongoing humanitarian crises.
and 130,000 instructors, took
The campaign centred on a one-day exercise event
place on 18 November 2017. More than £36,000 (€41,000,
organised by children’s
US$49,100) was raised in the
charity Unicef and global
UK alone – an amount Les Mills
fitness brand Les Mills to
has pledged to match.
provide funds to help children
Unicef New Zealand’s executive director Vivien Maidaborn said: “Water is central to everything we do. When children have access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene, they have more than just life, they have a chance to be healthy, to gain an education and to have a brighter future.”
The one-day workout raised funds to provide clean water for children
Vivien Maidaborn, executive director, Unicef New Zealand
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Apple’s GymKit debuts in Fitness First and Virgin Active
F
TRIB3 targets Asian market as part of global expansion Boutique gym operator TRIB3
The news comes as TRIB3
Members with an Apple
is in advanced talks to take
prepares to launch in Helsinki,
become the first operator
Watch will be able to pair it
its brand into Asia as part of
after Sami Hurme bought
in the world to introduce
with TechnoGym kit.
its ongoing global expansion.
the rights to open studios in
itness First Australia has
gym floor cardio equipment
Once connected, the watch
TRIB3 chief executive
that pairs wirelessly with
and equipment exchange data
Kevin Yates told Health Club
Apple GymKit technology,
without the need to download
Management: “We’re working
with Virgin Active UK hot on
additional apps, press extra
with a partner to grow our
its heels with a December
buttons or navigate menus.
international expansion
launch at its Mansion House location in London.
throughout Asia.”
the country, with a target of creating 18 new sites in total. Hurme is hoping to shake up the fitness industry in Finland. More: http://lei.sr/?a=D4J3m_H
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The technology debuted in Fitness First clubs in Sydney and Melbourne
We’re working with a partner to grow our international expansion throughout Asia Kevin Yates
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