Fitness

Gloria, a woman with white hair and glasses in a blue polo shirt and black cropped trousers, reaching to hit a yellow pickleball with a black and blue paddle, cut out against a coral background
Caredig

SKETTY: Gloria turns 90 this month, and she’ll still be playing pickleball on Thursday

Her trademark is a cheerful “oooops” when the ball goes astray. The man who runs the session says she makes…

Katy Goss in an orange My Rounders shirt holding a rounders bat and ball on an artificial pitch
Rounders

ROUNDERS: The primary school game 10,000 adults across south west Wales are playing again

One social league now runs 360 teams in women's and mixed competitions, and Swansea Bay's health board is holding the…

Three children playing with watering cans in a swimming pool
Swansea Council

SWANSEA: Kids can swim free at Wales National Pool almost every day this summer

Under-16s can swim free almost every day of the school holidays at Wales National Pool Swansea, with accompanying adults paying…

Elysium Training Club co-founders Peter Crudge and Andrew Finnegan stand smiling in front of a tree-of-life mural at their new Swansea gym.
Andrew Finnegan

SWANSEA: New functional fitness gym to open in SA1 with free community launch weekend

Elysium Training Club, a coached functional fitness gym set up by two Swansea locals, opens at SA1 Business Park on…

Interior of a Foundry Gym with weight machines, free weights and members training.
Aberafan

24‑hour gym approved for former Wilko unit in Port Talbot’s Aberafan Shopping Centre

A new 24‑hour gym is set to open in the heart of Port Talbot after plans to transform the former…

Active Leisure

Over-60s to benefit from free fitness scheme

People over-60 now have access to 125 free or discounted sports and fitness sessions at leisure centres, outdoor spaces and…

Bodybuilder and online coach @Crowtersix working out at a gym! Instagram: @VisualsByRoyalZ
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Swansea ranks among UK’s strongest cities in new fitness survey

Swansea places eighth in national strength ranking based on average gym lifts, with standout bench press performance

Turf Games winners
Fitness

Swansea gym makes big statement at London Summer Turf Games

Sketty's Titan Conditioning and The Coaching Club brought home three podium finishes across seven teams at the London Summer Turf…

Izzy and guide dog Souly with trainer Jack Havard.
blind

Blind woman credits guide dog for confidence to complete football club’s circuit training

Izzy says her guide dog has given her the confidence to get fit with Swansea City AFC Foundation.

Fitness

New health and fitness club to open at Milford Haven Retail Park

A new state of the art health and fitness club has opened at Unit B, Milford Haven Retail Park in…

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Swansea’s Ware-House gym named as one of the UKs most Instagrammable gyms

One Swansea gym has beaten over 250 of the most popular gyms across the UK to feature in the top 50…