{"id":246581,"date":"2026-01-22T19:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/246581\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T19:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:04:10","slug":"dereham-leisure-centre-issues-plea-to-smelly-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/246581\/","title":{"rendered":"Dereham Leisure Centre issues plea to smelly customers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  However, one leisure centre has sent a plea to gym-goers to shower and wear deodorant before arriving for their workout.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dereham Leisure Centre issued a &#8220;gentle reminder&#8221; to its customers on Tuesday.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The revamped gym area at Dereham Leisure Centre (Image: Dereham Leisure Centre)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In a social media post, it wrote: &#8220;Please arrive for classes freshly washed and wearing deodorant.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;This helps keep our shared spaces comfortable and enjoyable for everyone.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Strong body odour can be unpleasant for others exercising nearby.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The centre even kindly included a picture of the showers at the facility for any forgetful customers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The reminder comes after the <a href=\"https:\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">leisure centre installed new Life Fitness equipment<\/a> and created an expanded free-weights area in its gym earlier this month.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesman for Dereham Leisure Centre said: &#8220;We\u2019ve revamped the space to bring you an even better workout experience.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Check out our new free weight area too, complete with the latest kit additions designed to help you smash your goals!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"However, one leisure centre has sent a plea to gym-goers to shower and wear deodorant before arriving for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[565,134,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-246581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}