Take a Fresh Look at Fitness
Fresh air and exercise are traditional ingredients for a healthy, happy lifestyle.
At the Northern, our first-floor fitness suite features a fully-equipped gym with the latest in cardiovascular, weights and resistance equipment and an experienced team of personal trainers to help you reach your goals.
Alongside the gym, our spacious, airy studio offers a busy timetable of innovative and motivational fitness classes to suit all ages and abilities.
And as an added bonus, the facility enjoys a panoramic view over the Club’s grass tennis courts – so in fine weather, with the balcony doors flung wide, fresh air is added to the mix and sessions often move out into the sunshine.
Gym
Whether it is your first time in the gym, or you are a seasoned member, we have the facilities and professional expertise to help you get the most out of your training.
Our cardiovascular equipment includes treadmills (one leg-powered Curve Treadmill!), crosstrainers, bikes (including Watt Bikes & an Assault Airbike), rowers, ski erg, Stairmaster, fixed resistance machines plus TRX cables, medicine balls, swiss balls, barbells and kettlebells. In addition, we offer a full range of free weights and a dedicated lifting area.
We also have a team of experienced Personal Trainers who can help you with your fitness needs, provide bespoke training programmes to help you achieve your goals or keep boredom at bay with a variety of exercises, or provide one-to-one Personal Training sessions to help you achieve the absolute best from your time in the gym. Whether you’re looking for weight loss, muscle gain, general fitness and toning, help and advice or perhaps training for a specific life-event why not give them a call and arrange a session. The club supports its PTs enabling them to keep their charges as low as practical, thereby benefitting the club’s members. Note that we also allow non-club members to train with our PTs.
Contact fitness@thenorthern.co.uk or call 0161 445 3093 to find out more.
Studio
The Studio is a light and spacious area, which offers a comprehensive menu of instructor-led fitness classes, from calming Yoga and Pilates through to Spinning and HIIT training. Each class is created to make you work hard to get results but also enjoy your workout.
Lockdown Fitness Links
Whether it’s running or racquets you’re into, cycling or circuits – there’s plenty of free advice online to keep you limber during the lockdown.
Here are just a few we’ve researched for you:
LTA
England Squash
are publishing workouts/drills on their Facebook and Twitter feeds
https://www.englandsquash.com/News
Cycling
Programmes and ideas for personal/family cycling activity
https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/
(Also Jo Jo@triari.co.uk is hosting facebook live/facebook sessions, or Dave Booth david@varietyfitness.co.uk, Rick rickawalker@hotmail.com and Liz lizpardoe@gmail.com can also give you a personalised static bike programme if you have a bike in your home.)
Running
If you are making the most of the nice weather for your one trip outside to exercise, take care not to get injured. Try following a training programme.
Runtogether UK Athletics – Running@home
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/couch-to-5k-week-by-week/
Gentler Exercise Plans
NHS
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/sitting-exercises/
British Heart Foundation
https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/activity/chair-based-exercises
Move it or Lose It
https://www.moveitorloseit.co.uk/chair-based-exercises/
or, of course contact either Nicky – Zumba Gold nsorbs@googlemail.com or Liz lizpardoe@gmail.com for some more personalised exercise plans.
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Also, why not make use of the Northern’s team of experienced PTs, who are all back working face-to-face in the Gym, or other instructors who may operate from home / away from The Northern.
Get in touch using the links, or use the email options if you would like a more personalised programme or need an extra bit of encouragement!
Strength, Toning, Fitness Band/Ball or HIIT sessions can be provided on an individual basis by any one of our instructors.
PTs
Rick Ainley Walker:- rickawalker@hotmail.com or through his website: personaltrainyourfitness.com
Dave Hough:- david.hough1@hotmail.com or through his website: personaltrainingdidsbury.com
Lisa Pilkington:- lisapilkington@tiscali.co.uk
James Davies:- jamesordavies@googlemail.com
Studio Instructors:
Yoga & Pilates
David and Sarah Booth are hosting live sessions through their Macclesfield studio. david@varietyfitness.co.uk
Granville, is hosting live sessions Monday and Thursdays 12-1pm and looking at an evening session granville@yogawithgranville.com
Zumba (including Zumba Gold)
Nicky is hosing her sessions throughout the week and on Saturday mornings nsorbs@googlemail.com
or
For Community Session ideas and personalised exercise plans contact Liz lizpardoe@gmail.com
Studio Cycling
Insanity
Dave C is hosting on Zoom, on a pay as you go basis https://bookwhen.com/insanity2
Monday 6:30pm/ Wednesday 6:30pm/ Saturday 10am
A 45 minute total body workout for the whole family.
Classes
BODY MAX
Focuses on strength and endurance, working on your core strength and postural awareness. A total body workout.
BOX-A-CIRCUIT
Incorporates basic boxing techniques and pad work to get your heartrate up and you working hard.
HIIT
Combines short, high intensity intervals with longer, slower intervals to recover. This class is different every time to keep you on your toes.
CIRCUITS/BOOTCAMP
Pushes you to the max, providing a variety of exercises with variation of difficulty.
COMMUNITY CLASSES
Combine gentle aerobics and light circuits to maintain the fitness of more mature members.
CORE STRENGTH FITBAL
Improves your core strength, stability and balance.
DDMIX DANCE FITNESS BY DARCEY BUSSELL
Is a brand new full body workout based on a range of different dance styles.
FITBAND
Combines cardiovascular and conditioning exercises using resistance bands in a low-impact class..
KETTLEBELL WORKOUT
Focuses on swinging movement to improve your strength and core.
LEGS, BUMS N TUMS
Focuses on the lower body, to tighten and tone up in no time.
STUDIO CYCLING
Combines a variety of studio cycling techniques to push you to the max.
STUDIO CYCLING, CORE & STRETCH
Studio cycling plus!
INTERVAL STUDIO CYCLING
Incorporates resistance equipment and body weight exercises.
STUDIO CYCLING SQT
Structured Quality Training drills burn calories as well as rapidly improving strength and fitness.
STUDIO PILATES
Improves flexibility, posture, strength, balance and circulation.
TOTAL TONE
Whole body workout focuses on muscular strength and endurance work.
YOGAFLOW
Teaches not only the ‘hows’ of yoga but the ‘whys’ too.
YOGA FOR STRENGTH & FLEXIBILITY
Focuses on all areas of the body using individual poses to help lengthen and strengthen muscles.
YOGASANA
Stills the thought process and opens up energy pathways.
ZUMBA
Dance your way to a fitter you!
Personal Trainers
Personal Training at The Northern is all about taking you from where you are, to where you want to be.
All of our personal trainers have a wealth of experience and qualifications, including expertise in working alongside clients with conditions such as diabetes, back pain, high cholesterol and high blood pressure.
Whether your goal is weight loss or maintenance, muscle gain, postural improvement, general fitness and ‘feel good’ toning, nutritional advice, training for a specific sport or life event – we have a trainer who can help.
PTs
Rick Ainley Walker:- rickawalker@hotmail.com or through his website: personaltrainyourfitness.com
Dave Hough:- david.hough1@hotmail.com or through his website: personaltrainingdidsbury.com
Lisa Pilkington:- lisapilkington@tiscali.co.uk
James Davies:- jamesordavies@googlemail.com
Running
Running is a great way to keep fit, lose weight and boost your wellbeing. And at The Northern, you never need to run alone.
THE NORTHERN RUNNING CLUB
Wednesdays, 6.30pm (meet in reception)
Whether you are a beginner or experienced runner, come along and join Dan and the club runners. Works on a three week rotation between short intervals, long intervals and a longer run, check Facebook for this week’s details.
NORTHERN SOLE WOMEN’S RUNNING CLUB
Meet from 7.20pm every Monday, and set out promptly at 7.30pm (not Bank Holidays)
Distance: 5 miles (approx)
(Please wear some High Visibility clothing during darker months.)
For enquiries, email manager@thenorthern.co.uk
M20 Health is a multidisciplinary health clinic based in Didsbury, South Manchester. We offer physiotherapy, sports injury rehabilitation, sports massage and personalised exercise programmes. As well as our clinical services, we operate an endurance sport clinic that offers coaching, performance fitness analysis and advanced technique analysis of running and cycling.
Our team are highly qualified, experienced and specialists in their area. We also have access to fantastic facilities and technology that ensure you get the best possible results. Call 0161 307 1670 to book and appointment.
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