Now, the pool. It’s a 20-metre, four-lane affair that’s heated to the perfect temperature. Too cold and you’ll yelp like a seal; too hot and you’ll nap mid-lap. This pool hits the Goldilocks zone. Surprising fact: swimming laps in a 20-metre pool burns roughly 30% more calories than running on a treadmill? Mostly because you’re fighting the water resistance, but also because you get to wear goggles and pretend you’re an Olympic athlete for 10 glorious seconds.
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There is also a steam room and sauna that smell faintly of eucalyptus and broken dreams. Members often accidentally spend an extra 45 minutes in there, rationalizing it as "active recovery." We all know it’s just a warm, quiet cave where no one asks you to do burpees.
Classes: Where Humans Become Weird, Sweaty Gremlins
The group exercise timetable is a beast. We’re talking over 40 classes a week, from the serene (Yoga, Pilates) to the terrifying (Body Attack, which sounds like a virus but is actually just jumping). My personal favourite is Body Balance—you stretch, you breathe, and by the end you almost feel like a functioning adult. The instructors are annoyingly energetic in that way that makes you think, "Have they been drinking battery acid?" But you secretly love them for it.
There’s also a class called "Aqua Aerobics" where older ladies in floral swimcaps rule the roost. Don’t be fooled by their gentle smiles—they will out-lunge you in the shallow end and then go for a cream tea. Respect.
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