Group Fitness in Europe

In 2012, EuropeActive started to systematically conduct research on multiple topics in the

health and fitness sector. The first publication in this series was the book titled The state of

research in the global fitness industry. This publication was based on a systematic search and

review, summarising 5,348 studies in total.

In 2018, the most comprehensive study on personal training in Europe was published by

EuropeActive and Edelhelfer (Gronau and Titze, 2018). This s...

If ever there was a time when ‘business as usual’ will not work, it is now. A new and different approach on many fronts is needed, with strong inspirational leadership. And that is where the concept of transformational leadership comes in.

We need this style of leadership in order to survive the current crises and to continue to grow and prosper in our sector in order to achieve the industry goal of 100 million members by 2030, which was formulated by EuropeActive at the end of the last d...