Group fitness classes in Perth

The City of Victoria Park's aquatic centre, open from 5.30am on weekdays. Four pools — an outdoor 50m, an indoor 25m, a leisure pool and a hydrotherapy pool — plus a steam room and spa, a gym, and a group fitness programme that includes aqua classes. Casual adult swim entry is $8.20 and gym or group fitness is $20, which makes it one of the cheapest ways into warm water in Perth's inner south-east.

A Maylands gym whose bootcamp runs indoors and outdoors: high-intensity and cross training, bodyweight drills, boxing and team work. Prices are published — $25 for a casual session, $200 for a ten-session pack with no expiry, $39 a week ongoing with no lock-in, and a $28 two-week trial for new members. Personal training, gym access and corporate programmes are offered alongside.

The state aquatic centre on Stephenson Avenue, still widely known as HBF Stadium, running deep-water aqua classes alongside its pools and gym floor. Deep water means the feet do not touch the bottom and buoyancy equipment holds you up, which the centre notes is open to people who are not confident swimmers. Classes come with gym membership or can be paid for singly.

Outdoor group fitness, running clubs and personal training held at beaches and parks across the western suburbs — Leighton, City Beach, Swanbourne, Mosman Park, Peppermint Grove and Dalkeith — plus lunchtime sessions in the CBD and Fremantle. Equipment is brought to the session, so there is no gym to join.

Vanessa Forbes runs outdoor fitness sessions in Kings Park, meeting near Sticky Beaks café on Kings Park Road. Boxfit and short midday sessions are the mainstay, aimed at people fitting training into a work break, with group and one-to-one programs for adults and children. Sessions run by appointment.