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The WOW (Women-Only Walkers) Group from Live Active Leisure targets the local South Asian community
coaches: some Freedom employees, others brought in from outside.” Freedom’s running clubs required very
little investment, as costs are offset by the payment from participants – around £2 for a member and £3 for non- members. “The running clubs add a very social dimension to our offering and are an important tool for introducing outdoor fitness to our members,” says Sutcliffe. “We also have a number of non-members who now use our facilities having initially come to us for a running club. We encourage interested centres to tailor the running club to suit the demands of the members.”
DC LEISURE DC Leisure plans to launch outdoor bootcamp sessions, either at its centres or in nearby council-maintained parks, throughout 2013. “Bootcamps will be high-intensity, fun and results-based sessions run by our fitness team,” explains group fitness manager Sarah Leonie. “Aimed at both new and existing users, in some cases
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they will be available as part of membership on the group exercise timetable. At other sites, people will be able to either pay casually or purchase a block of sessions.” DC Leisure’s aim in introducing
outdoor classes is to retain existing users by helping them achieve their health goals, as well as attracting new members who may not be lured by the current offering. “Centres introducing bootcamps will need to invest in equipment and staff training, but there are no other associated costs,” continues Leonie. “We also have plans for further in-house designed outdoor courses to keep our offering fresh, as well as working with partners such as Les Mills and Escape to keep up-to-date and on-trend.”
NB LEISURE TRUST This month, NB Leisure Trust is set to offer its members at Pingles and Bedworth Leisure Centres all-weather, extreme outdoor training for the first time. The explosive outdoor workout sessions will use functional training kit including hammers, tyres and sandbags – all equipment already in use at the centres, which keeps start-up investment to a minimum. “We want to offer something more for
members who are perhaps training for a sport-specifi c challenge, wanting to test their limits or just looking to improve
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their fi tness in inspiring surroundings,” says business development manager Jason Field. “Our instructors will lead the sessions in park areas around our sites. Every participant will take part in a ‘fi t test’ and set a personal goal, which we’ll review after a month of sessions.” Alongside this, the outdoor
classes will include a free Body Stat measurement service every two to three months to motivate those looking to improve their lean muscle mass percentage. The outdoor sessions will be free to health and fi tness members, or £4.30 pay-as-you- go. “If these initial sessions prove to be popular, we will certainly look at making more available,” says Field.
LIVE ACTIVE LEISURE Perth & Kinross-based leisure trust Live Active Leisure (LAL) has for many years been hosting weekly running clubs, Jog Scotland, Stride for Life walking clubs, annual 10k races and triathlons. Based on the success of its current
outdoor offering, last year the trust implemented The WOW (Women-Only Walkers) Group – a weekly walk led by trained volunteers from the South Asian women’s community in Perth, supported by staff from the Stride for Life team. “The WOW Walks take part in the local park, which provides a fl at and scenic route on the doorstep,” says
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