The Fitness Unlimited gym at the English Institute of Sport-Sheffield is set to undergo a major transformation as part of a ten-week refurbishment project.

The club will be fully refurbished with new Technogym fitness equipment being installed and a new group fitness studio and new changing rooms being added.

Fitness Unlimited is operated by Sheffield International Venues (SIV) and was recently rolled out into EIS Sheffield when the company was awarded the management contract earlier this year.

Paul Hudson, general manager of EIS Sheffield, said: "New and improved gym equipment and a group fitness studio is exactly what our members have asked us for so we are delighted to be able to deliver this project."

As an elite and community venue, the gym is used by 2012 athletes such as Jessica Ennis and the GB boxing squad as well as members of SIV's GP referral scheme and the On Track: Sheffield scheme for teenage cancer patients.

Work on the project gets underway on October 17 and the new gym will reopen to the public on December 24.