Group exercise programme

Our group exercise programme has a wide range of classes to choose from—see what’s on offer and view the timetable.

University Recreation offers classes in Pump, Pilates, Yoga, Zumba, HIIT boxing, Spin, HIIT, and our challenging small-group 3XF workouts. Most group classes are held in the Dance Room, so you get to work out while enjoying a view over the city.

Timetable

The Trimester 1 timetable runs from Monday 24 February 2025 to Sunday 6 July 2025. Please note we will operate our off-peak reduced timetable from Monday 2 June to Sunday 6 July 2025.

All group classes run for 50 minutes, except for HIIT and Spin, which are 45 minutes. In 2025 we have brand new Spin30 and HIIT30 classes too!

Download the Summer 2025 timetable.

Download the Trimester 1 2025 timetable.

Class descriptions

Spin

Spin is a 45-minute indoor cycling class focusing on strength, speed, and endurance. It is a challenging and fun cardio workout, without the impact. Come along to boost your mood, fitness, and overall energy levels! Spin30 provides an express 30 minute class option.

Yoga

Combines stretching, breathing, balance, strength and relaxation moves. It helps tone muscles, eliminate tension, and ease chronic pain.

Slow flow yoga

A slower paced yoga class that combines stretching, breathing, balance, strength, and relaxation moves.

3XF

A cross-fit style class combining weights/Olympic lifts and body weight exercises that adds variety, a challenge and new fitness skills to your workout. See more details about these classes below.

Pilates

Based on a series of exercises that build core strength, improving the way your body looks, feels, and functions.

Pump

A weight-lifting class to tone, burn fat and strengthen muscles. Load your bar to suit your strength.

Zumba

A high energy, Latin-inspired, calorie-burning dance class. Ditch the workout and join the party!

Strong

The first non-dance-based class from the Zumba fitness brand. Classes revolve around high-intensity interval training, but still focus on moving to the beat.

HIIT

A 45-minute high intensity workout designed to improve your overall fitness, strength and mobility. The combination of functional movements with cardio will leave you feeling fitter and stronger to complete daily activities. HIIT30 provides an express 30 minute class option.

Dance Party

A dance-based workout to get your sweat on while having fun learning new dance moves. An inclusive and encouraging class where no dance experience is required.

HIIT Boxing

A high intensity workout that teaches basic boxing skills, or develops the skills you already have.

Strength and Stretch

The perfect combination of strength, mobility and flexibility exercises . The strength component utilises hand weights, bodyweight and bands. The stretch component completes the workout and helps reduces muscle tension.

3XF

Now included in our group exercise memberships, our 3XF classes consist of 50-minute small group training sessions held in our newly renovated Functional Training Room and are led by one of our expert coaches.

These classes are designed for people wanting a challenge, more variety in their workouts, and those wanting to learn some new fitness skills. Build strength, and jumpstart your fun, functional fitness journey in an encouraging and motivating environment. 3XF is a great way to receive increased support from a trainer and become part of a community.

Each session consists of one trainer and a class of 8–15 participants. Sessions are held on Monday at 7 am, Wednesday at 7 am, and Thursday at 7.45 am.

Casual passes are available for non-members.