A world-renowned gyms has just launched their latest location right in the heart of Manchester city centre and to celebrate the opening of their new home, they’re offering a series of free yoga and HIIT classes for the remainder of August.
Many of you may be familiar with the name Jetts Fitness already as the franchise currently has hundreds of gyms all over the world – 270 to be specific, with 17 of those in the UK and an existing Greater Manchester site over in Levenshulme.
Founded in Australia back in 2007, the brand has gone on to become huge and now they’ve finally opened up their first gym in central Manchester over in Circle Square.
The ever-growing neighbourhood just off Oxford Road has recently welcomed a whole host of new openings over the past few months, and now Jetts Fitness is really helping put that green, open-air space to use with these free workout classes.
Promising to bring a unique fitness environment that combines state-of-the-art facilities with unrivalled classes to us Mancs, the new 24/7 gym is hoping to showcase exactly what it is they do best with these free yoga and HIIT classes.
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Plus, it’s also a great chance to try these unrivalled classes for free whilst taking in some of the rare vitamin D on Circle Square‘s Symphony Park, which is starting to become an increasingly more frequented city centre green space.
Kicking off the free classes next week on Monday, 19 August at lunchtime, you can dive into an invigorating ‘Vinyasa’ flow yoga class with trainer Jay, which has been designed for all abilities and end the session with a serene singing bowl meditation helping to keep you refreshed and re-energised.
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Then, on the following Monday (26 August), you can take on a stretch and strengthening yoga lesson with Lynsey followed by a calming meditation class.
But fear not, if yoga isn’t your thing, HIIT (high-intensity interval training) classes will also be taking place after work on Tuesdays, providing the perfect full-body bodyweight workout that will push you to your limits — and trust us, these things will make you SWEAT.
Free yoga classes and HIIT workouts happening right in the heart of Manchester city centre this month. (Credit: Supplied via Vita Group)
Last but not least, make sure to keep your eyes peeled for a recognisable trainer in amongst the midst of gym-goer, with ex-Love Islander Adam Maxted on hand to push you to your limits alongside the club’s General Manager, Karolina.
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All classes are bookable to the public on the following link HERE.
Jetts Fitness Oxford Road is now officially opening to the public and, as mentioned, it’s completely 24 hours so you can head there any time of day or night all throughout the week.
You can find out more about their membership options online and find the full list of classes and the timetable down below:
Yoga — Monday 19 August 12-12:45pm
Functional training (HIIT) — Tuesday 20 August 5-6pm
Yoga – Monday 26 August — 12-12:45pm
Functional training (HIIT) — Tuesday 27 August 5-6pm
New Amazon Prime Video docuseries to show Pep Guardiola’s final seasons at Manchester City
Emily Sergeant
A new all-access docuseries featuring Pep Guardiola’s final few seasons at Manchester City is set to air this summer.
Coming exclusively to Prime Video in the UK and Ireland, the four-part documentary is set to take Manchester City fans and neutral viewers alike inside the club as the players and manager – who delivered an era of dominance -make way for a new generation.
Filmed over the past two seasons, this is the ultimate account of an emotional farewell that marks the end of an era in English football, and will offer unfiltered access to Guardiola, his squad, and the City boardroom.
After 10 trophy-filled years – which included six Premier League titles, the UEFA Champions League, three FA Cups, and five EFL Cups – Pep Guardiola called time on his tenure in Manchester last month, alongside fan favourite players Bernardo Silva and John Stones, as well as Kevin De Bruyne the season prior.
This new docuseries was there to follow them every step of the process.
Fans can follow City from a disappointing 2024/25 campaign right through to a domestic double the following season, charting the raw emotion of a squad in transition.
The series is directed by Academy and BAFTA award-winning filmmaker, Kevin Macdonald, alongside City Studios’ John De Caux, and is produced by Kevin Macdonald for Plan B/KM Films and Gavin Johnson and Ged Doherty for City Studios.
“This is the ultimate account of an emotional farewell that marks the end of an era in English football,” Amazon Prime Video said in a statement.
Joining Prime Video’s wide selection of sports programming, the series will be available to watch at no additional cost to Prime members this summer.
It’ll be ready to stream on 19 August.
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Here’s our petition for ‘Wonderwall’ to become England’s new football anthem
Danny Jones
All things considered, England have made a great start to the 2026 World Cup, pitching themselves as one of the great entertainers this tournament, and the scenes of the supporters and players alike serenading an entire stadium with ‘Wonderwall’ after the full-time whistle gave us chills.
So why not time for a change?
After all, that feels a lot like what this World Cup squad is about: a new manager, new teammates, not clinging to the previous ways of playing – and perhaps it’s time to put ‘Sweet Caroline’ to one side.
Now, we’re by no means saying that we’re ‘done’ with the John Denver anthem that has been reborn as a Three Lions anthem, but look at how good it was watching England belting out Oasis with the fans.
“Today is gonna be the day that England beat Croatia 4-2”, as BBC’s Match of the Day cleverly quipped.
Obviously, we’re biased as Mancs, but we also think there’s something special about having that particular track feel so good to hear again.
As much as we love Oasis, for a long time, it felt like we couldn’t enjoy arguably their biggest-ever single anywhere near as much as we once did.
We assume it’s something akin to hearing ‘Mr Brightside’ non-stop for what felt like millennia, and in truth, hearing those repetitions of “ba, ba, ba… SO GOOD, SO GOOD!” over and over again at sporting fixtures beyond just national team games has taken the magic out of it at times.
Perhaps it’s just a case of saturation in certain settings and songs simply being overplayed – FIFA’s co-hosts over in the US certainly helped see to that when it came to ‘Wonderwall’ for a long time.
On the other hand, it feels like we’ve now come full circle; singing those famous lyrics at the top of our lungs in a sea of Mancs and fans travelling from all over to Heaton Park for Live ’25 last year felt better than ever, and like we’d all remembered how great a tune it’s always been. So did this…
In fact, this felt so emotional that you’ve got people who aren’t even English praising both those on the pitch and up in the stands for the moment online.
Even the admittedly rather American Man vs Food himself, Adam Richman (though he does have British ancestry), felt compelled to write a moving response on social media: “Shut up. You’re the one that’s crying. Bravo, England.”
He’s far from the only one who was left bowled over by the atmosphere – us included.
What do you think? Is it time for a new go-to tournament anthem for the Three Lions moving forward?
Danny Jones -
16th August 2024 
