The Gym
The gym at Chipping Norton Leisure Centre features all the equipment needed to get in shape and achieve your goals:
Cardio: Treadmills, Bikes, Cross-trainer, stair-master and recumbent bikes.
Resistance weight machines: Everything needed to challenge every muscle of the body, including cable stations.
Free weights: Dumbells, barbells, benches and a half-rack.
Functional: Kettlebells, Sandbags & VipR bars.
Achieve Your Goals
When it comes to meeting your fitness goals, staying motivated is key. That’s why we’ll work just as hard as you at keeping you focussed on your targets.
Here at Chipping Norton Leisure Centre we run regular challenges giving members and opportunity to be rewarded their effort and achievements, and look out for our weekly suggested workouts!
We also have fitness instructors and offer re-focus sessions every six weeks. At Better, we’re all about helping everybody get fit and healthy.
So whatever your goals, Chipping Norton Leisure Centre is the perfect place to meet them.
Gym Induction
If you’re going to be using the gym, we recommend a 1-2-1 induction with one of our trained Fitness Instructors who will help create a bespoke gym experience for you based on your specific needs. The induction will also show you how to use our equipment properly, ensuring you'll be happy and confident to get the most out of your workout from the start.
Our staff are keen to share their wealth of knowledge and expertise to help put you at ease when discussing your goals and planning your regular exercise routine. If you're already an experienced gym user, you can opt out and get straight to it.
Our facilities are staffed, so you are never far from help and support if you need it. Just ask a member of the Health & Fitness Team on the gym floor, or a member of staff anywhere in the building. We are always happy to help.
Re-Focus Session
Joining a gym is a huge step for most of us. To help ensure you stick to your routine and meet your goals, we are here to help keep you on track with a re-focus session.
We offer you the opportunity to re-evaluate your progress with a Fitness Instructor and mix up your programme whever your want. This helps to keep challenging your body and stop your routine becomming stale.
The session is a good opportunity to assess what's going well and what could be improved to reinvigorate your Gym experience.
Junior Gym
Junior Gym sessions are designed for children aged 11-17 and allow them to workout at designated timeslots. To participate, pre-booking is required either online or through the app. A fitness instructor will be present during these sessions to provide supervision and answer any questions you may have.
Workout of the Week
Every week we'll be posting a different 30 minute workout here so that you can either freshen up your workout, try something different from your usual, or need to do something else if your short on time.
Here's a treadmill based beginner workout for this week. It's always good to do something different and challenge yourself!
Warm-up (5 minutes):
- Brisk walk, gradually increasing speed.
Interval Jogging (10 minutes):
- Alternate 2 minutes of brisk walking with 1 minute of jogging
Incline Walk (5 minutes):
- Set treadmill to a moderate incline (5-7%)
- Walk at a brisk pace uphill
Interval Sprints (5 minutes):
- Increase speed to a safe, fast pace, for 30 seconds
- Recover with a 1 minute walk
- Repeat 3 times
Cool down (5 minutes):
- Slow down to a comfortable walking pace