Gym Facilities

Functional Training – Synrgy/Spartan Rig

Supercharge Your Workout – Inside YMCA St Annes, YMCA Poulton, YMCA Fleetwood, YMCA Lytham, YMCA Garstang and YMCA Thornton, the latest state-of-the-art Synrgy and Spartan functional training systems.

These exciting new additions bring a whole new dimension to the gym experience. With multiple stations integrated into the equipment, the YMCA can now offer a programme of motivational group personal training sessions. This versatile functional equipment provides the setting for a new social, energised dynamic, designed to keep you interested and focused with exercises modified to your personal fitness levels.

Small group functional training sessions are held daily on the Spartan (YMCA Thornton) and Synrgy (YMCA St Annes, YMCA Poulton, YMCA Fleetwood, YMCA Garstang & YMCA Lytham) training systems. See timetables for session times.

LFConnect Powered by Life Fitness

Now you can really connect with workouts. LFConnect web and mobile app technology means every aspect of your cardio and resistance workout including calories burned, distance and reps and be recorded to your personal profile. See results, track your progress and achieve your potential at home via lfconnect.com, in the gym and on the go.

CV Equipment Powered by Life Fitness

All of our fitness studios offer a wide range of Life Fitness cardio equipment.

We have recently introduced the latest generation of Life Fitness equipment into the completely refurbished gyms at YMCA Fleetwood, YMCA St Annes, YMCA St Annes Pool & Gym, YMCA Thornton, YMCA Lytham, YMCA Garstang and YMCA Poulton. With everything you expect plus brand new Power Mills and Flex Striders all with the new digital fitness experience (LFConnect).

Introducing NEW Lifescape where the world is your workout. Gone are the days of pounding a treadmill, and staring at a wall! Immerse yourself. Cycle in France’s Col de la Colombiere or run through California’s Trinity Mountains. Available at YMCA Garstang, YMCA Lytham, YMCA St Annes, YMCA St Annes Pool & Gym, YMCA Thornton, YMCA Fleetwood and YMCA Poulton.

Resistance Machines Powered by Life Fitness

Strengthen, tone and sculpt your body with the assistance of state-of-the-art resistance machines inside all YMCA gyms.

Resistance machines are designed to help strengthen specific muscle groups and are ideal for beginners. With a wide range of machines throughout YMCA gyms, you will be able to target every area of the body.

New plate-loaded iso-lateral machines at YMCA St Annes, YMCA Thornton, YMCA Lytham, YMCA Garstang and YMCA Poulton now add something new with the sense and feeling of a free weights session, whilst keeping the stability and control of regular resistance machines.

Free Weights Powered by Life Fitness and Hammer Strength

Dedicated space in each YMCA gym means you can make the most of our extensive selection of free weights, including dumbells, Smith Machines, Dual Action Pulleys and barbells. Types of equipment differ at each centre.

YMCA St Annes is an official Hammer Strength Performance Suite.

Y:Teen Gym (Ages 14 – 15)

Available in all YMCA gyms, these designated sessions offer teens the opportunity to work out on the latest cardio and functional training equipment with friends and with our instructors on hand to ensure safety first.

Junior gym sessions are FREE to all Y:Teen and Y:Youth Members or just £5.50 for non-members. See our Youth and Teen Memberships for more information on how you could become a Y:Teen or Y:Youth member.

For more information and all junior gym times, please contact the relevant site using the contact details here.

IFI Inclusive Fitness

YMCA Fleetwood in partnership with Wyre Council and the YMCA Lofthouse Foundation has recently been awarded Level 1 of the Inclusive Fitness Initiative (IFI) Fitness Mark with more of our centres are currently working towards this standard.

The IFI accreditation means that our fitness staff at YMCA Fleetwood have received specialist training to assist them in better-serving people with differing disabilities in the fitness environment. YMCA Fleetwood has also invested in specialist IFI standard training equipment and adaptations to areas including accessible toilets and changing facilities with a hoist and a functional level of access to the fitness studio.

For all disabled physical activity sessions, please head to Children & Adults with a Disability.

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