Sussexsport

Fitness Rooms

The fitness facilities at Sussexsport offer a great range of training and exercise opportunities in a friendly and welcoming environment.

What's on campus?

Fitness rooms are located on campus at the Falmer Sports Complex and Sport Centre. Our combination of industry leading equipment and years of staff experience provide you with the perfect space and support to achieve your goals.

Resistance room with sussex mural     Console of cardiovascular machine     Gym floor with resistance equipment     2 Total Body Arc fitness machines

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Whether you're just starting to get active or want to take your performance to the next level, we can help you achieve your fitness goals.

We have:

  • Two fitness rooms to choose from on campus
  • Two bespoke strength and conditioning areas providing a great training environment
  • A full range of leading cardiovascular (CV) machines
  • Friendly, experienced and knowledgeable fitness staff.

Falmer Sports Complex (FSC) houses our main four fitness areas

CV Room

All of the cardiovascular equipment in the CV room is supplied by Life Fitness

  • 9 x Treadmills
  • 2 x Total Body Arc's
  • 3 x Cross Trainers
  • 2 x IC8 Performance Cycles
  • 3 x Upright Cycles
  • 1 x Semi- Recumbent Cycle

The cardio room also has a 20sm matted space for core and floor work

Resistance Room

We have 22 stations in the resistance room and all supplied by Life Fitness

  • 2 x Chest Press
  • 2 x Pec/Fly
  • 2 x Leg Press
  • 1 x Seated Row
  • 1 x Lat Pulldown
  • 1 x Leg Curl
  • 1 x Leg Extension
  • 1 x Shoulder Press
  • 2 x Adductor/Abductor 
  • 2 x Dual Pulley 
  • 1 x 4-station Jungle Gym
  • 1 x Assisted Dip and Chin
Free Weights Room
  • Four Hammer Strength half racks, two with integrated wooden platforms
  • Werksan Olympic Plates and barbells
  • Dumbbells from 2kg-50kg
  • Free weight benches
Strength and Conditioning Room
  • A bespoke Absolute Perfomance training rig with nine lifting stations and bar attachments
  • Dumbbells from 2kg-30kg
  • 2 x plate loaded glute drives
  • Cable machines and free weight equipment
  • Indoor cycles, Skiergs and AirFit bikes
  • The facility is also used by our Sports Scholars and for metabolic exercise classes and small group training
  • Check the training timetable each term and during vacations to see when the room is open (Available here)

You can get a full workout at our Sport Centre fitness room too

The Sport Centre fitness room has a range of CV machines and resistance machines, plus a selection of barbell and dumbbell weights. Take advantage of our:

  • Life Fitness Cross Trainers, Cycles and Arc trainers
  • Four Life Fitness Treadmills
  • Integrated TV screens on all Life Fitness CV machines
  • Challenging virtual courses from across the world on Life Fitness CV machines
  • A spacious matted area
  • 21 Schwinn indoor cycle bikes
  • A range of resistance and cable machines
  • Dumbbells, med balls, foam rollers, kettlebells and barbells