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tomwalker@leisuremedia.com city of london club for fi tness fi rst TOM WALKER
Health club operator Fitness First has unveiled its new £1m club in London’s Spitalfi elds Tower, located in the heart of the city’s fi nancial district. T e club – which opened
on 3 February – off ers a total of 743.2sq m (8,000sq ſt ) of fi tness space with equipment supplied by Technogym and a large studio for group exercise classes. It will also be one of the
fi rst clubs to house Fitness First’s new freestyle area concept, allowing members to use a range of equipment – such as ViPR, kettlebells, TRX Power Bags and plyometric platforms – either on their own or with the assistance of a personal trainer. Fitness First London head of operations Michelle Everett says: “At Spitalfi elds Tower,
Technogym has supplied equipment to Fitness First’s new London club
we will be off ering diversity and new concepts to help keep members motivated. T e new club will provide an innovative place for people from all walks of life to come and work out with like minded people.”
parkwood revamps exeter leisure centre TOM WALKER
Parkwood Leisure has completed work on the new gym at the Riverside Leisure Centre in Exeter. T e facilities, which have
cost around £265,000, have been developed in partnership with Exeter City Council, Jamieson Smith Associates (JSA) and Life Fitness. T e 100-station gym now
occupies the area formerly taken up by a bar and function room, off ering a much more spacious environment for members to work out. Parkwood Leisure managed the scheme,
delivering a design that increased the existing gym by 30 stations, along with a refurbishment including new fl oors, ceiling installations, new HVAC installation and a new CV theatre.
Life Fitness and Escape Fitness have provided the gym’s new equipment T e construction work at Exeter Leisure
Centre was carried out by JSA, with Life Fitness supplying its classic CV and Optima Series resistance equipment. Escape Fitness provided the gym’s free weights.
app launched to boost disability sports participation TOM WALKER
A new service allowing customers to search for disability sports facilities while ‘on the move’ has been unveiled. T e Leisure Database Company, Splashpath and DisabledGo have teamed up to deliver the
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“The Keiser air resistance machinery is compact, ultra smooth and technically brilliant. As a result of the pneumatic resistance medium their equipment is by far the easiest to use and also provides advanced features not possible with other systems.”
Gideon Coe
new scheme, which aims to provide more powerful consumer information through Splashpath, the newly launched iPhone app. Information about where, when and how to
take part in sport, combined with full details on access to sites, is provided by the service.
Fitness Manager at The Wentworth Club
M3 INDOOR CYCLE M5
ELLIPTICAL AIR RESISTANCE RANGE
Keiser UK Ltd
0845 612 1102
www.keiseruk.com
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