Sqwod Daily
Wednesday, 05 August 2026 · Weekday
The biggest brands in tech and consumer goods just RSVP'd to your industry — and they didn't ask permission.
In today's episode
- 01 Signal
Anytime Fitness Brings Apple Fitness+ to UK & Ireland Members
The gym chain has extended its Apple Fitness+ partnership to members in the UK and Ireland — meaning your clients now have a serious digital workout library sitting right next to their Netflix app, so the bar just got higher.
- 02 Signal
Gym operator flexes for third site in latest raise
A gym operator is expanding its footprint with a third location, backed by a raise. Bdaily has the details on this fitness play.
- 03 Move
€15,000 raised at an all-day workout session in Kildare
A community in Kildare turned a full day of exercise into €15,000 raised in memory of a local woman. Proof that when you give people a reason bigger than the burn, they show up — and keep going.
- 04 Signal
P&G Just Got More Serious About Wellness
Procter & Gamble has made another acquisition to deepen its wellness portfolio — which means a consumer goods giant with billion-dollar distribution muscle is increasingly playing in your space. Worth knowing who's moving into the neighborhood.
- 05 Build
Fitness apps on track for $38B by 2035—here's what's fueling it
AI coaching, wearables, and GLP-1 drug integration are the three engines driving the fitness app market toward $38.29 billion by 2035. If you're not thinking about how your services plug into that ecosystem, your competitors probably are.
Do this today
Sqwod recs
- Track: Start measuring your 'relationship density' metric: how many clients can your coaches name, recall a personal detail about, and proactively check in on? It's your real moat against digital competitors.
- Try: Build a one-page 'ecosystem map' of every app, wearable, or supplement your typical client already uses — then design your coaching offer to sit at the centre of that stack rather than compete with it.
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