The Presidential Fitness Test Returns This Fall — Schools Aren't Ready
Reinstated by executive order in July 2025, the test faces a May 2026 reality check from university researchers who say implementation is underbuilt.
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Employers Are Quietly Cutting Gym Perks — the Corporate Wellness Boom Cools
A January 2026 Business Insider report found companies scaling back subsidized memberships and fitness apps, leaving workers to fund their own training habits.
Strava's April 2026 Update Turns a Social App Into a Long-Term Progress Log
Annual Best Efforts, full activity tags on web, and smarter event discovery shipped in April 2026 — quietly useful changes for self-coached athletes.
ACSM's First Resistance Training Position Stand Since 2009 Rewrites the Basics
The new evidence review, published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise on March 5, 2026, says almost any loading works — and consistency decides the outcome.
Hyrox Passed 100 Races a Season — and 1.2 Million Athletes Want In
The fitness-racing series added 47 events to its 2025/26 calendar, per a December 2025 announcement, and predicts roughly 1.2 million finishers.
Planet Fitness Grew 10.5% in Q4 2025 — Budget Gyms Keep Winning Beginners
The biggest budget gym chain reported $376.3 million in fourth-quarter revenue on February 24, 2026, a signal of where first-time exercisers actually start.