FITNESS ZONE.
You know exercise is good for you — but do you know how good? From boosting your mood to improving your sex life, find out how exercise can improve your life.
Want to feel better, have more energy and perhaps even live longer? Look no further than The Bankside Health Club.
The merits of regular physical activity — from preventing chronic health conditions to promoting weight loss and better sleep — are hard to ignore. And the benefits are yours for the taking, regardless of age, sex or physical ability. Need more convincing?
1. Exercise improves your mood.
Need to blow off some steam after a stressful day? We have a fantastic range of facilities that are guaranteed to make you feel better.
Physical activity stimulates various brain chemicals that will leave you feeling happier and more relaxed than you were before you worked out. You'll also look better and feel better when you exercise regularly, which can boost your confidence and improve your self-esteem. Regular physical activity can even help prevent depression.
2. Exercise combats chronic diseases.
Worried about heart disease? Hoping to prevent osteoporosis? The team at The Bankside Health Club can help.
Our qualified trainers can tailor a programme specific to your needs that could prevent — or manage — high blood pressure. Your cholesterol will benefit, too. Regular physical activity boosts high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or "good," cholesterol while decreasing triglycerides. This one-two punch keeps your blood flowing smoothly by lowering the buildup of plaques in your arteries.
And there's more. Regular physical activity can help you prevent type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis and certain types of cancer.
New to exercise? Why not try a couse of Personal Training our team of experts work with all ages and abilities from gymophobes up to elite athlete's.
3. Exercise helps you manage your weight.
Want to drop those excess pounds? Trade some couch time for some gym time.
This one's a no-brainer. When you engage in physical activity, you burn calories. The more intense the activity, the more calories you burn — and the easier it is to keep your weight under control. With a huge variety of actiivities available we can guarantee to keep you motivated and on track, check out our Boxing Ring for something a bit different.
4. Exercise can put the spark back into your sex life.
Are you too tired to have sex? Or feeling too out of shape to enjoy physical intimacy? The Bankside Health Club to the rescue.
Regular physical activity can leave you feeling energized and looking better, which may have a positive effect on your sex life. But there's more to it than that. Regular physical activity can lead to enhanced arousal for women, and men who exercise regularly are less likely to have problems with erectile dysfunction than are men who don't exercise — especially as they get older.
5. Exercise can be — gasp — fun!
Not only that but everyone has time so you can forget that old chestnut, particularly when we have both an Easyline Circuit area and a designated Power Plate studio which both deliver twice the results in half the time.
But don't just take our word for it, why not come on down and join the party?