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tomwalker@leisuremedia.com trust unveils new budget gym TOM WALKER
A new budget health club called Simply Gym is to open in the Llansamlet district of Swansea this month. T e club, touted as the city’s
fi rst no-frills fi tness club, will off er memberships from just £9.99 a month and will off er 100 pieces of cardiovascular and resistance equipment supplied by Technogym. Equipment at Simply Gym
will include the new Arke functional training line, Excite bikes and equipment with Visio entertainment, as well as group cycling bikes. T e gym will also benefi t from a full range
T e Bay Leisure-operated gym will launch in Llansamlet this month
of accessible equipment catering for disabled users and a ladies-only private workout area, as well as showers and changing rooms. Simply Gym will be operated by the Swansea-based independent, not-for-profi t
trust, Bay Leisure, which also operates Wales’ most visited leisure attraction – the LC – in the centre of the South Wales city. Richard Proctor, chief executive of Bay
Leisure, says: “Our research has revealed that there is a signifi cant demand for a low-cost gym off ering in the east of the city.”
report: kids ‘shunning’ physical activity PETE HAYMAN
New research published to mark the launch of the Tata Kids of Steel triathlon initiative has found that nearly four-fi ſt hs of children spend their free time watching TV. A survey of 1,500 young
people aged between six and 15 – commissioned by Tata Steel in partnership with British Triathlon – revealed that only a third played sport in their leisure time. The study also found that 56 per cent surfed the internet; 45 per cent used social networks; and 43 per cent played video games. Karl Köhler, CEO of Tata Steel in Europe,
says: “T is research has highlighted a number of important issues which we hope Tata Kids of Steel will help to address.”
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ELLIPTICAL AIR RESISTANCE RANGE
Only a third of children surveyed took part in sport in their leisure time Fit For Sport founder and CEO Dean
Horridge says the results do not come as a surprise: “I strongly believe that the current fi tness advice has confused the nation to think that living a healthy lifestyle is complicated.”
fi tness4less opens new health club in southwark TOM WALKER
Budget operator Fitness4less has opened a new 1,858sq m (20,000sq ſt ) club in Southwark. T e operator took over an existing club and
invested £1m in refurbishing the London site. Work during the 12-week project included the
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“ The choice of equipment was key to utilisation of our purpose-built environment at Birmingham’s new acute hospital. The flexibility of the Keiser CV and air resistance equipment enables us to effectively manage the broad spectrum of patients and enable their return to work and sport.”
restoration of original railway arch brickwork, undertaken in conjunction with Network Rail. T e 929sq m (10,000sq ſt ) gym area, which
sits among arches under the railway line, has been fi tted with £125,000 of Precor equipment, including treadmills and cross-trainers.
Emma Batchelor
Clinical Specialist In Physiotherapy, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Keiser UK Ltd
0845 612 1102
www.keiser.com
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