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The UK Active National Summit 2018

Today, Klas Tallvid of the Hälsingland Education Association presented a certificate to CFL Söderhamn student Rasha Ghrear, which now makes her an EREPS registered Personal Trainer. Rasha, who escaped the war in Syria, has passed the SFI education and is now following basic adult education. Prior to that she completed PT education in Dubai and has completed an internship at a London gym.

Insufficient physical activity is a leading risk factor for non-communicable diseases, and has a negative effect on mental health and quality of life. The research from the World Health Organization (WHO) describes levels of insufficient physical activity across countries, and estimate global and regional trends.

Researchers looked at self-reported data on activity from 358 population-based surveys in 168 countries, including 1.9 million people, for their study in The Lancet Public Health.

ATTENTION ALL TRAINING PROVIDERS

The 3^rd European Vocational Skills Week will take place 5-9 November 2018 to celebrate vocational education and training in the European Union. Within the context of this annual campaign, the European Commission launches the VET Excellence Awards 2018. 

The awards will highlight examples of excellence in four categories: 

Lots of sweat and 25% off Polar A370

This month there’s a better than usual chance to get variety into your training routines: take part in the LES MILLS and Polar Limitless Challenge. Together as a tribe, LES MILLS and Polar communities aim to get one million LES MILLS workouts into Polar Flow this month. That’s not a modest target at all, we admit it, but it’s one that the tribe can reach! 

During FIBO China, EuropeActive presented the Chinese version of our industry outlook study "Human Capital in the Fitness Sector".

With business intelligence reports, marketing automation, CRM, members’ area and mobile application, eFitness is an all-in-one software solution for streamlining multi-club operations. The software integrates digital technologies with in-club hardware for a seamless solution that increases profit and efficiency. Our software empowers owners and managers behind some of the best fitness brands in Europe. eFitness currently runs in over 1000 fitness clubs with 2.5 million members in nine European countries.

By Stephen Tharrett and Mark Williamson, ClubIntel

World Class Romania, the largest health and fitness network in the country, builds its expansion strategy based on the positive market dynamics, targeting by the end of 2018 more than 60.000 active subscribers in its 31 clubs, currently open at national level. In addition, two new clubs will be opened this fall in Bucharest, World Class AfiTech and World Class Veranda, and another one, next year, in Cluj – World Class Record Park.