Gymnasium
Our fully air-conditioned fitness room includes a wide range of Cardiovascular and Resistance equipment.
It is an ideal environment for any exercise enthusiast. Our professionally trained gym staff are always on hand to provide you with the necessary support and advice.
Included in your membership are all of your Health assessments, Fitness Tests and personal gym programmes.
Gym Program benefits
Exercise is good for you. It can prevent heart disease, type 2 diabetes through to managing weight, stress and maintaining fitness,
regular physical activity helps extend life and improve its quality.
If you want to feel better, have more energy and live longer look no further than regular, old-fashioned, sweat-inducing exercise.
If you introduce a moderate amount of exercise into your daily life, you can significantly improve your overall health, well-being and quality of life.
The health benefits of exercise can be achieved by virtually everyone, regardless of age, sex, race or physical ability.
The benefits of exercise can range from preventing chronic health conditions to boosting your confidence and self-esteem.
Regular exercise also benefits your respiratory system by promoting rhythmic, deep breathing.
Your lungs actually develop greater capacity, so you're better able to take in oxygen to nourish your cells.
Exercise strengthens your heart and lungs. Your blood travels more efficiently, bringing much-needed oxygen from your lungs and nutrients to the rest of your body.
This is one of the reasons why you generally feel refreshed and more energetic after exercise.
Considering all these factors, exercise enhances your cardiovascular and respiratory health, and helps reduce your risk of related diseases.
Strength training and weight-bearing exercises help preserve bone mass and may even increase bone density. This means your bones may grow stronger.
By strengthening your muscles and bones, you can also improve your balance and coordination, reducing your risk of falls.
Exercise can help you achieve and maintain a healthy weight by burning calories as your body requires a certain amount of energy to continue the functions you need to
sustain life. If you exercise, your body works harder and needs more fuel (calories).
After you stop exercising, your body continues to burn calories at a modestly increased rate for a few hours. The more intensely you exercise, the more calories you burn.
By burning more calories than you take in, you can reduce body fat, giving you a healthier body composition.
Losing body fat can make you look and feel better and can reduce your risk of obesity. Maintaining a healthy body weight eases pressure on your bones and joints,
which can help prevent conditions such as arthritis
Exercise also fights depression by activating the neurotransmitters,
chemicals used by your nerve cells to communicate with one another and are associated with avoiding depression.
Those neurotransmitters are serotonin and noradrenaline.
The levels of those neurotransmitters and their balance with each other play a role in how you react to daily events.
When you experience depression, the level of serotonin, noradrenaline or both may be out of sync. Exercise may help synchronize those brain chemicals.
Exercise also stimulates the production of adrenaline, other neurotransmitters that produce feelings of well-being, provide for "natural" pain relief, and help you relax.
So, did you have a stressful day at work and need to blow off some steam? A workout at the gym or a brisk 30-minute walk can help you calm down
A good night's sleep helps maintain your physical and mental health.
Moderate exercise at least three hours before bedtime can help you relax and sleep better at night so join our Health & Fitness Centre today.
Click here for more details on joining the Lakeside Health & Fitness Club.
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