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New appointments for Balanced Body

David Lloyd Clubs install bleed control kits ahead of Martyn's Law

Gen Z leads strength training boom as one in three Brits do none, report warns

Balanced Body® UK has strengthened its team with the appointment of two new sales professionals, Shyam Lakhani and Steven James, as the brand continues to build its presence and support the growing Pilates community across the UK.

David Lloyd Clubs, the UK’s leading health and wellness group, has become the first health club group and national leisure operator in the UK to install bleed control kits across all its sites, enhancing public safety ahead of the implementation of Martyn’s Law.

Nearly half of UK adults are failing to meet official strength training guidelines, with one in three doing no muscle-strengthening activity at all, according to a major new report that warns of a looming public health crisis.

Why stair climbing still earns its place on the gym floor

For years, stair climbing has quietly remained one of the most effective forms of cardiovascular training in gyms across the UK. Not because it’s trendy, or because it promises shortcuts — but because it works. It challenges the heart, builds lower-body strength, and asks something different of the body than steady-state cardio alone.

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