60+ SWIM
Senior swimming at Eastern is an ideal workout for members, it presents little risk of injury and is low impact. We have slow, medium and fast lanes offering something for everyone from a comfortable social swim with friends to paced stroke to challenge yourself or others. As a cardiovascular exercise, swimming protects against heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes. We also offer Adult Swimming Lessons for those less confident in the water. Click the tabs below to discover more or book.
60+ Free Swim - Set times for free swimming in partneship with the Welsh Government.
SWIM FOR FITNESS – Adult (16+) lane swimming for all abilities
SWIM FOR ALL - Swimming for all ages and abilities, including families with toddlers.
50+ Active Leisure Scheme.
Better Eastern Leisure Centre is working with Sports Cardiff to offer a variety of opportunities for our senior members.
Our Active Leisure Scheme includes fitness classes and sporting activities these aim to get you active, have fun and meet like-minded people at the same time
Our classes and activities include Aerobics, Circuits, Strength and Conditioning, Yoga, Tai Chi, Walking Football and Table Tennis. We also offer a number of pathway classes for members exiting the Escape Pain programme or National Exercise Referral Scheme.
Basic Classes
Whatever your level of fitness, everyone is welcome at one of our Basic fitness classes. Our Basics classes are designed for beginners, seniors or those wanting to get back to fitness after a break.
Escapee Circuits
Continuing on from the success of our ESCAPE-pain programme at Eastern we offer an Escapee Circuit Class with no referral necessary. This circuit delivers low impact and low intensity exercise in a fun and very social group setting with strength, mobility, balance, co-ordination as a primary focus. Escapee Circuits is open to everyone and offers an ideal exit route to those leaving the ESCAPE-pain programme and the National Exercise Referral Scheme.
NHS Water Workout
This session is an aqua based class, delivered in a circuit style, covering a series of exercises to challenge members with low impact at its core. Member will be surprised at how the session hits all over, targeting cardio, strength, balance, and co-ordination with its movements. NHS physios are on hand during the session to assist with any member concerns during the class.
Parkinsons Specific Circuits:
Parkinson’s Circuit is an exercise class for people living with Parkinson's. Sessions are delivered by our Parkinson’s qualified Instructor. The class includes Parkinson’s specific exercise with an emphasis on big movement, high effort, strengthening, balance and co-ordination to challenge the brain and body. This class is a standing class, with the opportunity for people to work at a higher intensity empowering them to manage their Parkinson’s through a station by station-based exercise class.
Book Parkinson's CircuitEscape Pain
The team at Eastern are proud to host and co-deliver the NHS Escape Pain programme.
ESCAPE-pain is a group rehabilitation programme for people with chronic joint pain that are referred to the programme by their GP or self-referral. ESCAPE-pain integrates educational self-management and coping strategies with an exercise regimen that’s individualised for each participant.
The programme helps people to understand their condition, teaches them simple things they can help themselves with, and takes them through a progressive exercise programme so they learn how to cope with pain better.
ESCAPE-pain offers two programmes which you can self-refer through the links below:
1. ESCAPE-pain for knees and hips: Designed to benefit people with chronic knee or hip pain, otherwise known as osteoarthritis (OA).
2. ESCAPE-pain for backs: designed to benefit people with chronic low back pain
HeathWise - National Exercise Referral Scheme
Health Wise is a comprehensive 6-week programme delivered by our National Exercise Referral Instructor (NERS) and features one-to-one assessments, tailored activity plans, and teaches how to change behaviours for lasting impact. The programme is only accessible through a referral from your GP or other Health Professional.
At Eastern we offer 2 referal pathways: Exercise Referral Scheme and the Cardiac Rehabilitation Scheme.
Exercise Referal Scheme: Physical activity plays an essential role in preventing and managing a wide range of health conditions. Health professionals refer patients to these low-cost programmes to help improve, manage or prevent health conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, depression and many more.
Our affordable exercise referral courses are designed to help participants develop the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to improve their health and wellbeing.
Cardiac Rehabilitation Scheme: Our Cardiac rehabilitation programme is designed for those who may have had a cardiac event and have been referred either from their GP or from a Phase 3 team at the local hospital. The programme safely explores the benefits of physical activity and provides individuals with the tools to develop the lifestyle behaviours needed for a smother recovery, including heathy eating habits and stress management techniques. This programme is built upon the British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Standards.
Anthony is Easterns HealthWise Exercise Referral Instructor. Kim is Eastern’s Health Wise Cardiac Rehabilitation Specialist.
Members should attend HealthWise sessions applicable to them and their condition.
Contact your GP for further information.