The AP

 Health and Fitness

Club

There are two areas to the gym – the main area and the circuit area.

The main area features the latest Hi-Tech gymnasium with over 20 items of cardio vascular equipment & 25 items of resistance equipment. It is a spacious, modern gymnasium, and all of the cardio vascular equipment is linked to a state-of-the-art television and audio system.

The secondary area is a circuit training area (with a difference!!)

MAIN AREA

Gym Equipment

The equipment includes 6 treadmills, 6 bicycles, 6 step machines, 2 rowers, 2 cross trainers, abdominal trainers, and fixed strength equipment for all the main muscle groups. In addition, there is a free weights area, warm-up area and stretching area. All of the aerobic equipment is on a raised floor facing the main bay window, overlooking the sports field.

Visual/Audio Equipment

The televisions are strategically placed around the gym to provide views from most items of equipment, but are concentrated in front of the aerobic equipment. Dedicated headphones to each item of aerobic equipment provide individual links to a choice of four, interchangeable Sky and terrestrial channels, and extensive audio system.

CIRCUIT TRAINING AREA

Gym Equipment

Around the perimeter of the room are 12 pieces of strength training equipment, alternating between upper body, abdominal and leg equipment. In the centre there is a bank of steps, stretching the length of the room.

How it operates

There are a series of 6 lights at either end of the area. Each lights up for 20 seconds, one after the other. I.e. it takes one minute to complete the sequence. There is a 30 second interval between the end of a light sequence and the beginning of the next to allow for change over.

The process is as follows

• One minute exercising on a piece of equipment
• 30 seconds rest to change equipment
• One minute exercising on a step
• 30 seconds rest to change equipment

A Full Circuit

This two and a half minute process is repeated for all twelve pieces of equipment. A full circuit takes 30 minutes because you do 12 pieces of equipment and 12 steps = 24 minutes. You change in between all of these (24 changes) = 6 minutes.

Advantages

This system has the double advantage of providing a full body workout in 30 minutes, and ensuring that there is no waiting time for chosen equipment to become available.