Gym at Westbank

09/04/2026

Wayne's Big Three 2026 Challenges

Can you sponsor our incredibly brave Wayne Sibthorpe ?

Wayne Sibthorpe

I wanted to make a direct impact closer to home. The money raised will go towards supporting the incredible Exercise Referral programme at Westbank’s Healthy Living Centre. This programme helps people living with a wide range of conditions—including cancer, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, and heart-related illnesses—by providing vital support such as transport and specialist equipment.

I wanted to make a direct impact closer to home. The money raised will go towards supporting the incredible Exercise Referral programme at Westbank’s Healthy Living Centre. This programme helps people living with a wide range of conditions—including cancer, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, strok...

06/04/2026

Join us for one (or both) of our next couple of 40th Anniversary Health Walks.

🌳 Parke Estate Health Walk
A gentle and scenic walk follows an easy riverbank trail with bench stops, starting at Parke Estate and looping from Bovey Tracey. Suitable for all fitness and skill levels, with accessible paths throughout.

📆 Sunday 12th April 2026
⏰ 10.30am
📍 Meet at Parke Estate Car Park, Bovey Tracey
📍 What 3 Words: ///thunder.remodel.eradicate

🥾 Culmstock Beacon Viewpoint and Wellington Monument Loop Health Walk. This longer walk is just under 10 miles, with the majority of the route on unpaved footpaths, offering scenic views including Culmstock Beacon and the Wellington Monument.

📆 Saturday 25th April 2026
⏰ 10.30am
📍 Meet at Culmstock All Saints Church, EX15 3JQ
📍 What 3 Words: ///restriction.pheasants.excusing

For further information, please contact our Health Walks Team on 01392 824752 or email: healthwalks@westbank.org.uk

Or find out more here: www.westbank.org.uk/40th-anniversary-health-walks

Please wear appropriate footwear. 🐾 Well-behaved dogs on a short lead are welcome.

03/04/2026

Yoga is about practice, not perfection.

It's not about how flexible you are or how advanced your poses look. What matters is showing up again and again, breathing, moving, and becoming more aware of your body and mind.

Through consistent practice, yoga helps you build strength, calm your thoughts, and create balance in your life.

You don't need to be perfect. You just need to practice.

Natasha will be teaching yoga at 10am on Saturday morning.

Members please book through your virtuagym app.

Pay as you go are welcome, please click on the below link to book and pay.

We can’t wait to welcome you. 🎉🧘‍♀️

https://www.westbank.org.uk/pages/category/exercise-classes

02/04/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Victoria Constantinou for winning the March Kettlebell challenge.
Victoria has won a free personal training session with the fitness team. 🎉

01/04/2026

A new month, a new GYM challenge! It’s time for April’s gym challenge as part of Westbank’s 40th Anniversary celebrations.

This month’s challenge:
🚣‍♀️ 40 rows in 3 minutes

You can switch it up with a seated cable row; choose what works best for you and your fitness level.

Why take part?
💪🏼 Build back strength and endurance
💪🏼 Improve posture and support your spine
💪🏼 Boost overall fitness and confidence

Get involved, challenge yourself, and be part of celebrating 40 incredible years of Westbank.

To find out more, please visit:
www.westbank.org.uk/40th-anniversary-gym-challenges

29/03/2026

We are very excited to welcome two new exercise referral specialist instructors Jack and Paula to the health and fitness team.

Jack will be teaching on Monday evenings with circuits at 6pm and indoor cycling at 7pm.

Paula will be teaching a 7am indoor cycling class on Tuesday mornings and a strength and conditioning class on Thursday evenings at 6pm.

Wayne’s classes will be on Tuesday evenings with indoor cycling at 6.15pm into hiit at 7.15pm. Wayne will of course be teaching his very popular Wednesday circuit gold class every Wednesday at 11.30am. Spaces are limited as it’s a very popular class, please book in via the app.

Natasha will be trialing a yoga class at an earlier time of 5pm on Tuesdays starting from Tuesday 7th April.

We hope that you enjoy the variety of instructors teaching the classes. Please feedback to us at fitness@westbank.org.uk.

Get some rest today, we can’t wait to see you all next week 🎉

Join one of our exercise classes at Westbank, Exminster.  PAYG classes and gym sessions

28/03/2026

Welcome to the health and fitness team Paula🎉

Starting out in the Gym, returning after an injury, illness or returning after some time off can be intimidating and through personal training I want to offer support to make those first steps into the Journey easier.

It is never too late to start and no goal is too unattainable. My main goal is to create an empowering environment, so people feel confident to challenge themselves into making those sustainable lifestyle changes also benefitting their Future self.

A common misconception is that you have to make major sacrifices from the things you love to achieve a 'healthy' lifestyle, but the truth is I love going for a walk and a sweet treat, I enjoy spending time reading and travelling, arts and crafts with some good music. Yet in addition to this I also love going to the gym and have found a real passion in kickboxing and teaching classes, to be able to feel strong and confident in doing the hobbies I love.

I am a qualified Level 3 personal trainer, studio cycling instructor and Exercise Referral Specialist.

Please get in touch If you are interested in Personal Training. Prices start from £25 with all of the money going back into our charity to help us to help others. 🎉

Please email fitness@westbank.org.uk or call 01392 824752 to enquire.

25/03/2026

Our health and fitness manager Natasha will be running the great west run, a half marathon on the 24th may to raise money for our gym.

Please click on the below if you would like to make a donation. 😊🎉

I'm passionate about running, and even more passionate about giving back to the community. Every donation, no matter the size, will help us provide essential services and equipment. Thanks for supporting my run and Westbank Community Health and Care!

25/03/2026

Join Natasha for body pump this evening at 6pm, there are only five spaces left.

Body pump is fun and energetic, a 45 minute, full body workout. Body pump is a high-repetition, barbell-based endurance strength training workout designed to build strength, and burn calories using light-to-moderate weights with moves set to energetic music. It utilises the rep effect, focusing on many repetitions to develop lean muscle, adapting to various fitness levels.

Unlimited members can book onto the virtuagym app, we also welcome Pay as you go.

Click on the link below to book and pay.

https://www.westbank.org.uk/pages/category/exercise-classes

We can’t wait to welcome you. 🎉

23/03/2026

15 years later Jack Phillips is back! 🎉

Jack completed his gym instructor apprenticeship at Westbank 15 years ago.

Jack will be teaching classes every Monday evening from the 30th March.

For all the members that may have missed Jack and want to come along please get booked on to Monday evenings for circuits at 6pm and indoor cycling at 7pm.

You can book by clicking the link below ….

https://westbank.virtuagym.com/webshop/paygclasses

Welcome back to Westbank gym Jack. 🎉

20/03/2026

19/03/2026

It’s a beautiful morning for yoga.

Natasha teaches yoga at 7am every Thursday morning.

This class is for members and pay as you go attendees.

For more information click on the link below

https://www.westbank.org.uk/pages/category/exercise-classes