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Classes and personal training
Every studio class is included in your membership — there is no per-class charge and no separate classes package. Book a space through the ClubLink app or at reception and turn up five minutes early. Tell the instructor if it is your first time, so she can give you the easier option for each move. Personal training is the one thing charged separately, because it is one-to-one time. The class names below are the ones Healthlands lists on its own timetable.
A — Aerobic and stamina
Aerobic and stamina classes: Combat, Zumba and spin
Start here if the goal is weight loss, general fitness, or simply being able to walk up Durham's hills without stopping. Two or three of these a week is a realistic first month.
Combat
Choreographed martial-arts moves — punches, kicks, blocks — set to music, with no contact and no partner. High calorie burn and, according to members, the class that gets rid of a bad day fastest. No coordination required by week two.
Zumba
Latin and international music with a dance routine you follow rather than learn. The least gym-like thing on the timetable, which is exactly why women who hate gyms tend to book it first.
Spin
Studio cycling on stationary bikes: seated climbs, standing efforts, sprints. All resistance is set by you on your own dial, so the class works whatever your fitness — the instructor gives the target, not the setting.
Spin for beginners
Same session, gentler pace, with time spent setting up your saddle and handlebars properly. Worth doing once even if you have cycled outdoors, because bike fit is the reason most people's first spin class hurts in the wrong places.
B — Body conditioning and strength
Body conditioning and strength with Pump and circuits
Resistance work with barbells, weights and bodyweight. If you have been told to "tone" rather than lift, this is the section that will do more for your metabolism, your posture and your bone density than any amount of cardio.
Pump
Barbell class working through the major muscle groups in tracks — squats, chest, back, triceps, biceps, lunges, shoulders, abs. You choose your own plates. Most women start lighter than they need to and are surprised within a month.
Circuits and conditioning
Whole-body stations mixing resistance and cardio, moving on a timer. Mentally and physically demanding, and the fastest way to find muscles you had forgotten about.
The resistance floor
Not a class, but part of the same job. Fixed-resistance machines and free weights on the gym floor, with an instructor available to set your seat positions and weights on your fitness review.
C — Core and stability
Pilates and yoga for core and stability
Mat work, breathing, control. Slower than the rest of the timetable and often the section that makes the difference for members with back pain, desk jobs, or a return to exercise after having children.
Pilates
Original mat-based Pilates: small, controlled movements that train the deep abdominal and back muscles holding your spine in place. Low impact, no jumping, and adaptable if something currently hurts — tell the instructor before you start.
Yoga
Flexibility and strength through held postures, with attention on breathing. Relaxing in the sense that you leave calmer, not in the sense that it is easy.
Week one, done sensibly: one letter A class, one letter B class, and one gym session using the programme from your fitness review. Add letter C in week two rather than trying to do six classes in seven days and giving up by the fourth.
One-to-one
Personal training at Healthlands
Personal training is booked directly with an instructor and paid for separately from your membership. It is worth the money in three situations: you are training around an injury or a health condition and need someone watching your technique; you have a fixed date and a specific goal; or you have been going three times a week for a year and nothing has changed.
There is also an intensive six-week programme for members who want a structured block rather than open-ended sessions. Ask at reception which instructor is taking it and what the current schedule looks like.
Your membership already includes a fitness review and a written programme — free, and repeatable when your goals change. Use that first. If it turns out you need more supervision than a programme gives you, then book PT.
Booking a class
Spaces in the studio are limited, so classes are booked in advance through ClubLink or at reception. Cancel through the app if you cannot make it — the space goes to another member instead of standing empty.
The live timetable sits in the app rather than on this page. Instructors and times change with the seasons, and a printed timetable on a website is out of date the week after it goes up. Check ClubLink or ask at reception for this week's times.
Book a taster class before you join
A taster class is a single studio session, booked in advance so there is a space kept for you.