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Going to Miss Us Whilst We’re Shut? Join One of Our Coaches Online Classes.

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Our Coaches Leigh and Lorraine are both running online classes whilst the Leisure Centre is closed. So don’t lose your fitness and motivation during lockdown!

So why not join Leigh’s Healthy Hustle for live classes (HIIT, Weights, Pilates and Cardio Club), and diet and nutrition tips in a supportive facebook group to keep you motivated. For more information, contact Leigh via her facebook page here.

Or join Lorraine’s Ginger Ninja Team for twice weekly live classes (Kettlebells and Workout with Weights) and ‘on demand’ classes available too all along with being part of the GNT community. You can contact Lorraine via her facebook page here.

Have you tried Kettlebells?

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Did you know that we have a Kettlebells class on Thursday evenings at 7:10pm at Penistone Leisure Centre?

If you’re not sure what Kettlebells Training is, then here’s a bit of an insight for you-

Kettlebell training is accessible for everyone. From the the sedentary person looking to discover fitness for the first time, to those looking for an alternative exercise class to help mixup their training and build on their fitness.
Everyone can benefit!

Here are the top 10 benefits of Kettlebell training-

1. Cardio without the boredom of machines

2. Functional strength movements

3. Improves flexibility

4. Fun and varied, never boring (hopefully!)

5. One compact, portable piece of equipment

6. It’s safe — for any age, shape or size

7. Combines “cardio” and “strength” training

8. Quick and easy to pick up, no complicated movements,

9. Greater fat loss than cardio alone

10. Very different from dumbbells and barbells due to the off centered weight recruiting more muscles and works the targeted muscles through a wider range of motion.

So, why not come along to the Penistone Leisure Centre and give kettlebells a go and see how it can benefit you?

The class is run by instructor Lorraine Lord and costs £5 per session. If you have any enquiries you can contact Lorraine on 07931768148.

Find time to Love Yourself Healthy

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This is Kostas Viazis, 35, Penistone – he is a married father of two girls aged three and one and has been sharing his top tips as part of our Love Yourself Healthy theme at Penistone Leisure Centre.

Kostas is one of our Volunteer Gym Instructors and is also available for Personal Training Sessions at Penistone Leisure Centre.

As a volunteer gym instructor with the leisure centre, he loves to help people understand how to work out and why they are doing what they are doing in the gym.

Today he has top tips for gym users when they’re outside the gym.

TOP TIP – FOOD

“Ninety percent of those who come to the gym want to lose a bit of weight and build strength,” said Kostas.

“My top tip for nutrition is to control sugar generally in their food and avoid these fast carbs with fat. That’s a bad combination,” he added.

His mantra is “Go brown rather than white – with bread and rice.” (“Unless if is your post training meal – you need some fast carbs there,” he added

He suggests separating your daily calorie intake into four or five meals to help digestion and provide constant fuel.

“A very big meal is sometimes enjoyable, but there is a limit on what our body can take in during as single digestion. Some of the rest might become fat and we don’t really want this to happen, do we?” said Kostas.

His favourite healthy meal is: Chicken fillet, with veg and rice.

“Nice and simple and you can eat as much veg as you like and stay healthy” said Kostas.

Kostas is available to book for Personal Training Sessions here at Penistone Leisure Centre. You can learn more about this by clicking here

TOP TIP

 “Being a parent does make it more difficult to get to the gym,” said Kostas, as he has found out with his two girls, so he says you have to plan and make sure you find the times where you can fit a workout in as “your own health is important too”.

Let the leisure centre help you Love Yourself Healthy. No contract, simply take an induction (followed by your first session for free) to be able to use the gym whenever it’s open – click for opening times.

Request an induction online now – click here.

Are you loving yourself healthy yet?

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It’s week four of Love Yourself Healthy, here at Penistone Leisure Centre – have you found any new ways to Love Yourself Healthy yet?

Our voluntary gym instructor and personal trainer Kostas Viazis, 35, from Penistone – married father of two girls aged three and one – gets lots of cardio work outside of the gym with his hobbies of football, running, cycling and climbing, so he concentrates his gym workout on weights.

Last month Kostas told us he likes to use the leg press, to get warm and use some big calorie-burning muscles to start his weights workout, but this week he has a tip for those who want a cardio workout – and some cardio encouragement for who mainly want to do weights.

Kostas is one of our volunteer gym instructors.

CARDIO TIP

“I mostly prefer interval training on the treadmill, rather than a steady pace. I find it more interesting, challenging and I also get more time to spend with weights, since even a short high intensity interval training (HIIT) session could have some really good impact,” said Kostas.

“A lot of people want to do both cardio and weights, but it is really good to use the cardio to warm up even if you prefer weights. I recommend cardio to warm up even if you don’t care about it much. You need to raise your internal temperature 15pc that’s 1 degree to get your body ready – so even a few minutes of cardio can do this.”

Here’s Kostas on the Treadmill

TOP TIP

“I always say, you shouldn’t expect results straight away. Based on some studies, it takes about 26 days for results to start to show if you use the gym three or four days a week. So, I always say give it a month before you expect to see any difference. Be patient. Keep going. That’s the most important thing.”

Kostas is available to book for Personal Training Sessions in Penistone Leisure Centre Gym! Why not find out more, by clicking this link?

Let the leisure centre help you Love Yourself Healthy. No contract, simply take an induction (followed by your first session for free) to be able to use the gym whenever it’s open – click for opening times.

Request an induction online today – click here.

Holiday gym push?

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Why not give your workouts a boost in the half term holiday?

There will be extra gym opening sessions every weekday in the half term holiday (Mon, Feb 18-Fri, Feb 22) – and on inset day Monday, Feb 25 –
between 2pm and 4pm.

Burn those calories and work those muscles while the kids skate in the sports hall!

Remember the gym won’t be open between 4pm and 6pm on Wednesday, February 20 (in the holiday) – everything will be back to normal following the half term break.