Activities
Click here for a list of days/times for the below activities
Aerobix
Aerobics, combines rythmic aerobic exercise with stretching and strength training routines.
Performed to music and will help to improve all elements of fitness, including flexibility, muscular strength and cardivascular fitness.
This session welcomes a variety of fitness levels.
Pump it
This class Works all the major muscles of your body, using adjustable weighted barbells and all done to music.
Builds lean muscle mass, in turn raising metabolic rate encouraging rapid fat Burning and ensuring that you see results.
Boxercise
A Class to challenge all abilities.
High intensity and paced workout, great way to meet new people, have fun and burn calories all at the same time.
All sessions are mixed.
Instructors are level 2 qualified and registered with Boxercise.
Bums And Tums
A guaranteed fat burning session that will improve your stamina, strength and suppleness. A combination of body toning exercises will ensure that you see a change in your body shape in no time at all. A great class for beginners and those who yearn to return.
Circuits
Using High Intensity interval training methods, this class will challenge all fitness levels.
Developing muscular strength and endurance, that will get you fitter and stronger.
With a variety of class structures, that will keep you guessing and working hard all the time.
A great place to meet new people, get fit, healthy and have fun.
Spinning
Indoor group cycling class.
Instructors guide participants through workout phases, warm ups, steady up-tempo candences, sprints, climbs, cool downs etc.
You control the resistance of the bike during the session and constant adjustments are a common theme, making the pedalling as easy or as challenging as you please.
The spinning bikes have toe clips so that trainiers can be worn to each session, or for the more enthusiastic participants the bikes have the capability of the participant wearing their own SPD cleat shoes.
Towel and drink are manditory as you will sweat in this session.
Step & Tone
Hi/lo class with tons of easy to follow fat burning moves to challenge all levels of fitness.
Finished off with muscle toning exercises to get that body into shape using a variety of dumbbells of your choice.
Triple 20
This is a class that incorporates a variety of fitness classes in just ones session.
Triple 20 is broken down in to 3 x twenty minute sessions that is the choice of the instructor on that day.
This is an ideal class to keep you on your toes and guessing what you are going to be doing on a weekly basis.
For an all over body work out try Triple 20.
W.O.D(Workout of the day)
What is W.O.D?
Well it is somply the best workout that you will get in a forty minute session.
W.O.D stands for workout of the day! and all of you who know about cross fit will know that this session will test your fitnes levels and provide that all over body workout that you desire.
Work out of the day is exactly that, whatever the instructor has constructed for that session is what will take place, Utilising the principles of cross fit and Tabata.
Aqua Fit
A unique combination of aerobic moves all done within water.
This session is a fabulous way of getting fit without putting to much strain on all of those joints.
With music and the support of the water you can run, jump and kick your way to a fitter and healthier you.
Lead by a fully qualified Level 2 instructor, with over 10 yrs experience.
Starfish Learn to Swim Programme
The Starfish swimming programme caters for all.
The learn to swim programme starts with chilren from 2yrs of age up to adults.
Junior learn to swim programme operates on the following days:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Mon - Fri are all run during the evening from 3.30 - 5.30pm
Saturday - 9.15 - 11.15am
With a variety of stages on offer from Duckling through to Stage 10.
Also included in the Starfish scheme is Rookie Lifeguard and this usually takes place twice a week, Tuesday and Thursday 3.30 - 4.25pm
Adult Starfish.
the adult swim programme can cater for the total beginnner or even giving advice, technique tips to the advanced swimmer.
adult programme runs every Monday 7.30 - 8.30pm
With over 20 years experince in delivering quality ans value for money swimming tuition.
If you are interested in enroling onto the starfish swim programme, complete the form on the contact us page, labelled starfish registration form.
Or alternatively contact the coordinator Nathan Harris at the centre.
ASSOCIATED CLUBS
Ystradgynlais Swimming Club
Ystrad Swimming Club are an external club that hire the facility and meet once a week.
The club meet every Wednesday evening 7.30 - 9.30pm and have two sections
Junior and senior
Glantawe Gulls Club
The club have been associated eith the Sports Centre for over ten years.
They have been providing aqua therapy to a number of and a variety of disabilitites within and around the local areas.
For more information on he club and for contact info click on the picture and then you will be diverted to the glantawe gulls website.
Disabled Sports Club
The club meet every Wednesday Evening 5.0 - 6.0pm
For further information please contact Beverly Tucker (Disability Sports Development Officer) 01874 612034 or beverley.tucker@powys.gov.uk
Tawe Kayak Club
Tawe Kayak Club have been associated with the Sports Centre for over ten years and have seen the club expand in this time.
The club currently meet Friday evenings 8.30 to 9.30pm through the winter months and in the summer they utilise the fabulous surrounding rivers and the local beaches.
For more information on how to join this exciting club, click the picture and then you will be directed to their website.
Swansea Valley Karate Club
Swansea valley Karate Club have been associated with the Sports Centre for over 15 years.
The club meet every Tuesday and Thursday 7.0pm to 8.0pm.
For more information on cost and for a general inquiery please contact the club instructor and owner Wayne Jones on Tel: 07837 071555
Ystradgynlais Netball Club
Ystradgynlais Netball Club currently meet at the Sports Centre evert Monday evening on the following times:
5 to 6pm, 6 to 7pm & 7 to 8pm, this is due to the varied ages that are attending the sessions on a regular basis.
There is a small cost for each child that attends the each session and they are as follows;
Annual affiliation fee of £10
there is also a £3 charge per session.
If you require more information on the club or would like to book your childs place, please contact the club organiser via the following methods:
Name: Linda Daniel
Telephone: 07980 043606
e-mail: ystradgynlaisnetball@gmail.com.
Alternatively you could click on the picture of the netball players and this wil divert you to the ystradgynlais Netball web site.