New Year’s resolutions, which often involve focusing on weight-loss, are as notorious as Hollywood marriages as far as lasting commitment goes!
Yet if you move the focus away from dieting to mental wellbeing and focus on starting the year right by using exercise to feel good, you’re more likely to stick to your goals, says leading Edinburgh leisure and sport provider. Continue reading Start strong this New Year with Edinburgh Leisure
Research by national charity Heart Research UK has revealed that seven in ten people in Scotland are not doing as much physical activity as the NHS recommends. Continue reading Seven in ten Scots aren’t doing enough physical activity, new survey reveals
Join in at ‘the biggest club in town’ with a free Les Mills class taster event, open to members and non-members, being held at Edinburgh Leisure’s Drumbrae Leisure Centre on Monday, 30 September from 6 – 8.30pm. Continue reading Free fitness taster at Drumbrae Leisure Centre
First session tomorrow 3.30 – 4.30pm
Edinburgh Leisure is offering non-members the opportunity to try out their facilities with a free 7-day pass. The offer runs from Monday, 15 April and runs until Tuesday, 30 April 2019. Continue reading Want to get trim before the summer? Try before you buy!
Edinburgh Leisure’s Craiglockhart Tennis Centre is hosting an egg-travaganza Festival of Tennis on Easter Sunday on 21st April from 2-4pm, with something for all the family.
Open to members and non-members, there will be an opportunity to get a taste of the programmes and courses on offer at Edinburgh’s flagship tennis facility, have the opportunity to pick up a racket and have some fun and potentially, witness a Guinness World Record being smashed.
Scotland’s leading racket experts and retailers, Gannon Sports, who have an outlet at Craiglockhart, will be attempting a record of the fastest stringing of a tennis racket. The team at Gannon Sports have been practising hard to shave off as much time off the 15-minute benchmark.
Craiglockhart Tennis Centre offers junior tennis classes from as young as 18 months, up to adults of all abilities. Craiglockhart Tennis Centre has six indoor courts and a further six outdoor clay courts (five with floodlights for evening play), and a cycling studio.
Its Leisure Centre also boasts a spacious gym with over 70 pieces of kit, fitness studios, squash courts and a multipurpose sports hall.
The outdoor tennis courts at Craiglockhart have seen many world-famous players grace their surface over the years from Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe in the 1970s to Andy Murray in the 90s.
For more information or to book a slot visit www.edinburghleisure.co.uk/festival-of-tennis .
Craiglockhart Leisure & Tennis Centre, 177 Colinton Road, Edinburgh, EH14 1BZ Telephone 0131 443 0101
Join in at ‘the biggest club in town’ with a free Les Mills class taster event, open to members and non-members, being held at Edinburgh Leisure’s Ainslie Park Leisure Centre on Wednesday, 27 March from 6pm – 9pm. Continue reading Mix up your fitness regime with a free fitness taster
Gritty, “bad-ass”, fitness outfit, CaveFit, is to open its second gym in the former bank vaults in the basement of The Edinburgh Grand, following a partnership deal with the luxury hotel residence’s owners, Chris Stewart Group. Continue reading CaveFit(s) into bank vaults at the Edinburgh Grand
Branded clothing and fancy water bottles have been named in a list of workout accessories you don’t actually need to achieve your fitness goals. Continue reading All the gear, no idea?
For Women: Tuesdays and Wednesdays starts 19th February
