Lifespan is how long you live. Healthspan is how long you live well. FitSpan Club is coached classes in strength, balance and mobility for people who plan to stay capable — small, friendly groups, real progress, and a coach who knows your name.
Illustrative example. Your first check happens in your first class, then every six weeks.
Not chair aerobics.
Not a gym full of 25-year-olds.
Getting up off the floor. Carrying the shopping. Staying steady on the stairs. Turning to reverse the car. Strength, balance, mobility and confidence on your feet decide how well the years ahead go — and every one of them responds to training, at any age.
Muscle fades with age unless you use it. Body weight, bands and light weights, built up gradually, keep it — and build it back. Good for your bones, too.
Steadiness is a skill you can train. We practise it every class, so stairs, kerbs and busy pavements feel easy again.
Freer hips, shoulders and back mean reaching, bending and turning without thinking twice. Every class ends with a proper stretch.
A longer, surer stride. Quicker feet when something catches you out. And knowing how to get down to the floor and back up again.
UK physical activity guidelines recommend strength and balance activities on at least two days a week.
We don't do exercise for exercise's sake. Each movement trains something you do every day — so you feel the difference outside the class, not just in it. Weights are one part of it; balance, stretching and moving well get just as much time.
Every exercise has an easier and a harder version, including supported options. Your coach picks the right one for you.
Free, no payment and no commitment. Tell us the times that suit you.
A short questionnaire before you start, so we can adapt everything to you.
45 minutes, same time, same friendly faces, never more than 12 people. Plus a short plan for home.
A simple progress check in your first class, then every six weeks. Watch your numbers move.
Joints moving, heart rate up, body ready.
Body weight, bands and light weights, built up gradually. Your progress, tracked.
Steadiness drills, stepping games and walking practice.
Mobility flows and a proper stretch. Then a cuppa if you're staying.
Bone health, joints, sleep, nutrition — with local experts. Open to everyone, members or not. Bring a friend.
It's free and there's nothing to pay today. When a group opens at a time that suits you, we'll get in touch to book your first class.
We'll be in touch within two days. Know someone who'd like to come too? Classes are better with a friend.
Yes. Most people who join won't have. Your coach starts you gently, teaches every movement, and builds from there at your pace.
No. Strength is one part of every class, mostly with your own body weight, bands and light weights. Just as much time goes on balance, footwork, mobility and stretching.
No. If you're 55 or over, you're welcome. Every exercise has easier and supported versions, so the class works for you whatever your starting point.
Tell us in your health questionnaire. We adapt every exercise to you, and if needed we'll ask you to check with your GP before you start.
Four quick, simple tests — grip, chair stands, balance and walking speed — done as part of your class, in your first week and every six weeks after. No extra appointment, no extra cost.
Comfortable clothes, trainers and a water bottle. We bring all the equipment.
Yes. There's no joining fee and no contract — just a month's notice.