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![The GymNation concept is based on offering a complete gym experience at affordable prices / GymNation The GymNation concept is based on offering a complete gym experience at affordable prices / GymNation](https://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/2023/THUMB351645_750009_810276.jpg)
GymNation – owned by JD Gyms – opens latest club in Dubai and plans Middle East expansion
by Tom Walker | 09 Aug 2023
GymNation, which was acquired by JD Gyms in 2022, has opened its latest health club in Dubai, bringing the number of sites in its UAE portfolio to 11. GymNation Downtown Dubai features more than 500 pieces of Matrix and Eleiko equipment across a 40,000sq ft space. There are also three group exercise studios, featuring programming from Les Mills and a dedicated combat zone and classes. GymNation has ambitious expansion plans,
![All three new stores will feature large fitness studios – although exact details regarding facilities and branding are yet to be confirmed / Argent architects All three new stores will feature large fitness studios – although exact details regarding facilities and branding are yet to be confirmed / Argent architects](https://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/2021/THUMB346912_294708_935316.jpg)
Gyms added to the mix for new super-luxe retail roll-out
by Tom Walker | 08 Jan 2021
Frasers Group will open three new regional flagship Flannels-branded retail stores during 2021 – each of which will feature fitness studios. The Mike Ashley-owned retail group is betting on a recovery for British high streets with the plans, which will see stores opening in Liverpool, Leicester and Sheffield. As well as a seven-floor Flannels megastore on Liverpool's iconic Parker Street, Frasers will convert the existing House of Fraser store at
![The modular LED units can be used to create immersive, multicolour lighting experiences / Cactus The modular LED units can be used to create immersive, multicolour lighting experiences / Cactus](https://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/imagesX/THUMB343265_837195_308735.jpg)
Cactus uses immersive lighting gym installations to boost workout performance
by Stu Robarts | 04 Oct 2019
Lighting design studio Cactus has partnered with cardio climbing gym operator Rise Nation to create two new studios that use programmable lighting embedded in the ceiling to help motivate individuals as they workout. Located in the Cherry Creek and Highlands suburbs of Denver, US, the gyms are fitted with modular LED units that can be combined together as large digital canvases to create immersive, multicolour lighting experiences. In this way,
![Only two per cent of the 500 disabled people interviewed said gym businesses were the 'most accessible' Only two per cent of the 500 disabled people interviewed said gym businesses were the 'most accessible'](https://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/imagesX/THUMB343036_175522_351342.jpg)
Health club design and architecture is failing disabled consumers
by Tom Walker | 16 Sep 2019
Disability organisation Purple has claimed that health club operators and gyms are losing "millions of pounds of revenue" every year by "turning their backs on disabled consumers", with design and architecture and access some of the areas most in need of improvement. Purple is basing its view on a poll of 500 disabled people, conducted ahead of Purple Tuesday – an international event taking place on 12 November which focuses
![The 20,000sq ft health club has been designed to be 'the best in Europe' The 20,000sq ft health club has been designed to be 'the best in Europe'](https://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/imagesX/THUMB342882_530009_573079.jpg)
Oktra designs 'best gym in Europe' for retail brand Gymshark
by Tom Walker | 30 Aug 2019
Fitness wear and apparel supplier Gymshark has opened its first Gymshark Lifting Club (GSLC), combining a studio and fitness centre with an innovation hub, focusing on employee wellbeing and brand innovation. Working in partnership with design and build company Oktra, the company has transformed a 55,000sq ft former warehouse facility into a complex featuring a large, 20,000sq ft health club and studio space – designed to be "the best in
![Sweat! gyms are set to be trialled in three Debenhams stores from early 2018 Sweat! gyms are set to be trialled in three Debenhams stores from early 2018](https://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/THUMB22542_463503.jpg)
British retailer Debenhams partners with health club group to trial in-store gyms
by Deven Pamben | 26 Oct 2017
The British multinational Debenhams is partnering former Virgin Active co-founder Frank Reed to launch in-store gyms as part of the retailer’s strategy to attract more customers and a younger female base. Reed’s Sweat! gyms are set to be trialled in three stores from early 2018 under a membership model. The deal is part of the Debenhams Redesigned strategy, which involves working with strategic partners to deliver its plan of making
![LED strips of light on the floor and ceiling build up to create a sense of momentum as runners prepare for their work out / Coordination Asia LED strips of light on the floor and ceiling build up to create a sense of momentum as runners prepare for their work out / Coordination Asia](https://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/THUMB17318_282968.jpg)
'Extraterrestrial design' and passion for running collide at Nike's futuristic pop-up gyms
by Kim Megson | 17 Feb 2017
Chinese architecture and design studio Coordination Asia have completed a series of sci-fi tinged pop-up running hubs for sports giant Nike at Shanghai’s Times Square. Created for the Nike+ Run Club – a community which brings people together to explore their cities through running – the hexagonal structures house treadmills in pod-like sections, intended to create a kaleidoscopic interior. LED strips of light on the floor and ceiling build up
![Biofit founder Matt Morley is seeking partners to rollout 'organic gym concept for big city life' across several sectors / Jack Emmerson Biofit founder Matt Morley is seeking partners to rollout 'organic gym concept for big city life' across several sectors / Jack Emmerson](https://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/THUMB17128_967448.jpg)
Should workplaces embrace biophilic gyms to boost employees' health and wellbeing?
by Kim Megson | 10 Feb 2017
Companies can inspire productivity, profit and improved health and wellbeing among their staff by introducing biophilic amenities such as green fitness centres into their workplaces. That is the view of Despina Katsikakis, a leading workplace design consultant, who claims that the cost of such changes is “negligible when compared the benefits it brings for the organisation, its staff and the economy.” She made the comments during a panel discussion recently
![Landscape architects West 8 have finished work on the Hills on Governors Island / West 8 Landscape architects West 8 have finished work on the Hills on Governors Island / West 8](https://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/THUMB12348_679377.jpg)
Top news this week: Governors Island revamped, TRIB3 launches mobile gyms and Patrik Schumacher discusses Brexit
by Kim Megson | 23 Jul 2016
Here are some of the most popular stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from an apple-inspired spa to an architectural addition to Unesco’s World Heritage list. Monday • Renzo Piano has released re-worked designs for his ‘Paddington Pole’ mixed-use development in London. Read here. • A contractor has been appointed to build a multi-level indoor Urban Sports Park for skaters in Folkestone, UK. Read here. • Two architecture competitions
![At the touch of a button, a hydraulic system opens up the gym within ten minutes, revealing a mini studio with treadmills and workout mats / TRIB3 At the touch of a button, a hydraulic system opens up the gym within ten minutes, revealing a mini studio with treadmills and workout mats / TRIB3](https://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/THUMB12242_870980.jpg)
Mobile gyms emerge from hydraulic shipping containers in concept launched by fitness operator TRIB3
by Kim Megson | 20 Jul 2016
Bootcamp fitness studio operator TRIB3 has launched a new design concept which will bring mobile gyms to local parks, schools and open spaces across the UK and overseas. The compact gyms are built within a shipping-style container. At the touch of a button, a hydraulic system opens up the gym within ten minutes, revealing a mini studio with treadmills and workout mats. The concept was created by TRIB3 and designed
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