Tag Archives: fitness
Traditional Shotokan Karate School comes to Splott in September
Learn karate from £4 a lesson as a new dojo opens in the Old Splott Library this September (first class is free!). Classes will run on a Tuesday and every other Saturday. Karate is known to help improve fitness, flexibility, self-confidence, reduce stress and teach you how to defend yourself. Kokoro Shotokan Karate starts in […]
Girls Together Splott launches running session for beginners
Local group, Girls Together Splott, have achieved great things over the past few years with members taking part in marathons and many an organised run that’s less than…oh who am I kidding, I don’t know how long a marathon course is! But I know these girls are great and an inspiration to us all! […]
Fitness and Fun in Splott
Forget Bums ‘n Tums; it’s boxing and hula hooping all the way in Splott! There are many ways of getting fit but, let’s face it, some are booooring! Not so in the lovely land of the speedbump; we have a cornucopia of unusual classes and activities right here on our doorstep, including roller skating and […]
Hula is here! Learning about ‘hooping’ with local business Elliecoptor Hoops
As part of our ‘Fitness and Fun’ series, this week Inksplott talks to Ellie Pilott, founder of Hula Hooping business, Elliecoptor Hoops, and 2016 finalist and runner up in the Cardiff Lifestyle Awards for best Fitness Facility. Inksplott: Hi Ellie, thank you for being interviewed for Inksplott. Can you tell us a little about yourself […]
Fitsteps at Old Splott Library; dancing your way to dropping a dress size!
A mixture of dance moves and aerobics, Fitsteps is a new way of keeping fit and there are classes available in our very own Splott! Third in the Splottlight series on Fitness and Fun in Splott is a quick profile on a local exercise class that combines aerobics with classic dance moves. Called Fitsteps, classes […]
Get your jog on with the Girls Together Splott Running Group
On a cold (freezing), crisp (freezing), Thursday evening in January, Inksplott popped along to the Old Splott Library to grab an interview with the Girls Together Splott Running Group. If this group of girls can run in this weather, I thought to myself, the least I can do is walk to the end of my […]
STAR Hub to open on 26th of September but won’t be Council-run for long
After being without a pool for over two years, Splottlanders have less than five weeks to wait until they can get back in the water. The new STAR Hub in Splott Park is due to open on Monday the 26th September and swimmers and splashers will be able to enjoy themselves once more in the […]
STAR Centre to STAR Hub: What are we gaining and what are we losing?
With the new STAR Hub set to open this autumn (checked and verified – the whispers about a January launch seem unfounded) and the STAR centre set to be demolished shortly afterwards, Inksplott takes a timely look at how the new offering fares against the old. Let’s start with some stats. In black and white, […]