The Isle of Wight Council has seen a large increase in the number of fitness classes being booked online.
During June, there were almost 9200 bookings made for a variety of fitness classes at the Heights and Medina leisure centres, and nearly 3000 of these were booked through the council’s website www.iwight.com.
It’s one of the highest numbers recorded with the recent trend suggesting this number will continue to increase as people use the Internet to ensure they don’t miss their favourite classes.
Alex Minns, the council’s strategic manager for leisure, said:
“In the past, to book a class you either had to ring up the leisure centre or make a booking at the centre itself. Many people also did not realise you can book fitness classes online.
“Feedback we received is that people wanted this to be a lot easier, so as part of the re-launch of iwight.com in 2013, we made it a lot simpler to book a fitness class online such as putting a direct link on the homepage as well as in the leisure section of the website.
“It’s now one of the most used sections on iwight.com and is very popular with leisure customers”.
A wide variety of classes can be booked online, including Aquafit, Danceatomic and circuit training. More classes are being added all the time to ensure customers have a wide range to choose from including at different times of the day.
To book a class online, you need to be a One Card holder. More information about the One Card is available by logging on to www.iwight.com/leisure.
