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YMCA Swimathon 2020!
Swimathon is the world’s biggest annual fundraising swim. It has been running for over thirty years and - since it started - has raised more than £48 million for many different charities. Here's...
“Little changes can make a big difference”
The ‘Wellness Wednesday Workshops’ return in the New Year. YMCA Club Nutritionist, Nick Owen, and former Michelin Chef turned Personal Trainer and Manager, Ed Lindinas, have joined forces once again...
Today’s YMCA Club apprentices are tomorrow’s fitness experts
As Central YMCA marks National Apprenticeship Week (3rd – 7th Feb), we celebrate our very own in-house apprentices including 19-year-old Jack Coghlan – the YMCA Club’s Apprentice Recreation Assistant...
Central YMCA partner with Nike to ‘power up’ new-look Fitness Training Academy
Central YMCA has joined forces with Nike to re-launch the ‘YMCA Fitness Training Academy - Powered by Nike’, which is a free, two year Personal Training course and alternative to A-Levels or college...
YMCAFit PT graduate, Andrew Beech, wins ‘UK Community Coach of the Year’
A few weeks ago, 46 – year – old Andrew Beech from Battersea, shared the stage with British tennis coach, Judy Murray, coaches to Sports Personality of the Year Cricketer, Ben Stokes and coaches to...
Zumba for a good cause!
Now in its 10th year, the YMCA Zumbathon will take place once again this month. Thanks to your donations, we’ve raised over £4,500 so far to help beat cancer. This year, we’re raising money for ‘...
New Year - New Personal Trainer! Meet Chris O’Donnell (not the actor!)
Did you pile on the pounds over Christmas or maybe you fancy some new fitness goals for 2020? Whatever your health and wellbeing aspirations this year, why not invest in a Personal Trainer? We meet...
YMCA Club renovation update
As the Club’s first phase of renovations draw to a close, YMCA Club Director, Dan Lynn, takes stock of what we’ve achieved and looks ahead to the next phase of works, which will vastly improve our...
Love your liver
For many of us, January is the time to adopt a healthier lifestyle, especially if we’ve overindulged or been less active over the Christmas holidays. To help us get back on track for 2020, the YMCA’s...