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Fitness classes

Our fitness classes range from low impact, to high intensity or even mind and body focused. Whichever class you choose, our experienced instructors will guide you through every step of the way.

These cardiovascular classes are fun and full of energy designed to help you move with motivational and upbeat music. Suitable for all levels.

Aqua Zumba

Dance fitness party in the water, a calorie burning workout. Participants must be able to swim 25m and be confident in the water. 

Dance Fit

Mixes of low intensity and high intensity moves to music. Motivational and fun!

Indoor Cycling

A great cardiovascular workout, set to motivational music. Pedal your way through hill climbs, flat roads and sprints. 

Latin Fusion

A cardio workout where you are free to enjoy Latin dance music with Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, Cha Cha, and Reggaeton moves. A great way to work out and have some fun. 

Zumba

The class that takes the "work" out of workout! Zumba sessions mix low and high intensity moves for an interval-style, calorie-burning dance fitness party. Once the Latin and World rhythms take over, you'll see why Zumba classes are often called exercise in disguise. 

LES MILLS DANCE™

This class is packed with innovative movements and sounds inspired by global dance genres. It’s modern, future focused and always evolving. The clear coaching means it is simple to master. Anyone from a complete beginner to a seasoned dancer will enjoy pure dance, get a great cardio workout.

LES MILLS SPRINT™

This high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workout, uses an indoor bike to achieve fast results. It’s a short, intense style of training that will push you physical and mental limits. Combining bursts of intensity where you work as hard as possible, with periods of rest that prepare you for the next effort, LES MILLS SPRINT drives rapid results and top-end athletic performance.

RPM™

The cardio peak cycling workout where you ride to the rhythm of powerful music. An inspiring instructor leads the pack through hills, flats, mountain peaks, time trials, and interval training.

THE TRIP™

The most innovative cycle class in the world, using cutting edge technology to create a fully immersive experience. Combining a multi-peak cycling workout and a cinematic journey through digitally-created worlds, you will get fitter, faster with less discomfort as you lose themself traveling through unique visual landscapes. It’s an exercise experience like none other!

SH’BAM™

A fun-loving, insanely addictive dance workout. SH’BAM™ is an ego-free zone, no dance experience required. All you need is a playful attitude and a cheeky smile so forget being a wallflower, even if you walk in thinking you can’t, you’ll walk out knowing you can!

These intense cardiovascular workouts improve your overall fitness and stamina. They’re great if you’re looking to burn fat and increase muscle tone fast.

Aqua Fit 

An exhilarating all-over body workout using water for resistance. Fun and enjoyable and suitable for all levels of fitness. Participants must be able to swim 25m and be confident in the water.  

Circuits

A station based class providing a full body workout using cardio, resistance and strength training to improve your fitness.

HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training)

HIIT classes involve repeated bursts of high-intensity exercise followed by a longer low-intensity activity. This will get you working at your maximum potential for an intense cardio workout.

Indoor Cycling

A great cardiovascular workout, set to motivational music. Pedal your way through hill climbs, flat roads and sprints.

BODYCOMBAT™

This high-energy martial arts-inspired workout is totally non-contact. Punch and kick your way to fitness and burn up to 570 calories in a class. No experience is needed. Learn moves from Karate, Taekwondo, Boxing, Muay Thai, Capoeira and Kung Fu. Release stress, have a blast and feel like a champ. Bring your best fighter attitude and leave inhibitions at the door.

LES MILLS GRIT™

These workouts combine intense training with periods of rest; shifting your fitness to the next level, unleashing fast-twitch muscle fibers and helping grow lean muscle tissue for an unstoppable athletic body. It's a high-intensity interval training class.

Suitable for everyone, these mind and body classes focus on improving the flexibility of your muscles. Concentrating on muscular movements and healthy breathing patterns, they create a feeling of calm and harmony throughout the body.

CIRCL Mobility

Releases stress, restores your range of movement and renews you ability to move better. 

Fitness Pilates

These 30 minute workout sessions combine 4 pilates sequences to challenge your deep postural muscles. 

Pilates 

Target the deep postural muscles while relieving stress and tension with our pilates classes. Classes are available for all experience levels.

Tai Chi

Tai Chi is a series of gentle physical exercises and stretches. Each posture flows into the next without pause, ensuring that your body is in constant motion.

Total stretch

This workout blends flexibility with balance and strength training to challenge your entire body. This creates a feeling of calm and harmony for mind and body. 

Yoga

Whether you’re experienced or a beginner, our 'Less Is More' yoga classes have something for you. This class is designed to improve flexibility, strength and stamina.

BODYBALANCE™

This new yoga workout builds flexibility and strength to leave you feeling centred and calm. Performing a series of carefully sequenced poses to beautiful music will bring your body into a state of harmony, reducing stress to create a lasting sense of wellbeing.
 

These classes target muscle groups with full body movement.

 

BODYPUMPTM

BODYPUMP is the original barbell class, ideal for anyone looking to get lean, toned and fit. This workout challenges all the major muscle groups, with great music and lots of motivation. 

Core Body Tone

Targeting full body, toning and strengthening muscles. A complete workout. 

Core Fitness

These classes are designed to strengthen core muscles. They can help with posture and back problems. 

LBT

Legs, bums and tums tones and strengthens the lower body, sculpts, lifts and tightens using resistance exercises and bodyweight movement.

RIG

This gym based class is a full-body workout, aimed at improving your body`s strength, control, co-ordination, agility, stability and balance. We are also offering inductions into this class to help teach you the exercises.

Strong by Zumba

These classes combine high intensity interval training with the science of Synced Music Motivation. In every class, music and moves sync in a way that pushes you past your perceived limits, to reach your fitness goals faster. 

Total Workout

This workout class targets the full body and all major muscle groups.

LES MILLS CORE™

An intense core workout for functional fitness. This 30-minute class is designed to tighten and tone the abs, glutes, back, obliques and slings connecting the upper and lower body. It improves functional strength and assists in injury prevention.

Booking a session

You must book your class in advance. Southampton Sport monthly members can book up to 7 days in advance. Monthly Plus and Annual members can book up to 8 days in advance.

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You must be 17 or older to book. If you are younger than 17, you must be accompanied by an adult member at all times.

Prices

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Standard classes

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Free

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£8.99

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£6.99

Premium classes (60 minute Yoga and Pilates)

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Free

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£9.99

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£7.99

Activity passes

If you’re a non-member joining classes regularly, you might save money by buying an Activity pass. These entitle you to 10 all access sessions for the price of 8. They are valid for 3 months.

  • Student Activity pass, £63.99 
  • Staff, alumni and community Activity pass, £79.99 

Register an account and buy your pass at the Jubilee Sport and Recreation Centre Reception.

Cancelling a session

Only the person who made the booking can cancel it. If you do not cancel your activity within 4 hours of the start time you will pay a non-attendance fee at the Pay as you go rate.

Pay as you go customers, who cancel their booking at least 4 hours in advance, will get a credit for fees paid.  

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Location and opening times

The University is proud to offer a wide range of modern sporting facilities for our staff, students and wider community to use. Our partnership with the Active Nation network also gives some members access to more gyms and swimming pools.