What are Later Life Movement and Fitness Classes?
Getfit121 are working in partnership with various Councils & organizations across Hampshire to promote healthy lifestyle activities for local residents aged 55 and over! These classes are offered in a variety of locations such as sheltered housing schemes, day centres and other community venues across the district. The classes combine a range of mobility, resistance and flexibility exercises, whilst promoting a fun and sociable atmosphere to help you keep fit and active.
What are Postural Stability & Balance Classes?
Getfit121’s main objective in Hampshire is to reduce the risk of falls in older adults. The classes are designed for people who have fallen in the past and for people who are at risk of falling in the future.
Are you an older person who enjoys meeting people and likes to keep active?
Have you fallen?
Are you afraid of falling?
Including exercises which are designed to improve your ability to:
- Undertake normal daily routines like shopping
- Improve your balance and steadiness when walking
- Improve your general health and wellbeing
These classes are instructed by a qualified postural stability instructor, they are designed as a continuation from the NHS falls rehabilitation 12 week program they are also for people who haven’t yet fallen and haven’t attended the NHS 12 week course. Participants are fully assessed and monitored throughout the classes.
Later Life Fitness sessions are tailored and we specialise in safe, fun exercise geared towards the prevention of falls.
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It is never too late to start exercising. This class involves the older members of society getting involved in exercise and staying active.
These classes are aimed to improve the well being and fitness levels of the older generation, and will take place in local retirement and old peoples homes. The low intensity fitness sessions vary from strength and mobility activities, to low level cardiovascular activities.
It's a great chance to stay fit, healthy and be with others in a fun environment!
As a guide for this class, entry levels are as follows:-
• No previous exercise experience required
• Bring a bottle of water
• You should have some mobility
• You should have the all clear from your doctor
• Be able to withstand doing a form of exercise for an hour
For a free trial or further information please call us on 07883355121 or email us via getfit121@hotmail.com
Inactivity, not aging is the enemy. Keeping an active life style as we mature is very important. Things like putting on weight, getting weaker and less mobile are almost always due to activity levels falling far below what they should be.
Space travel has shown that after a few days in a weightless environment- the ultimate state of inactivity- astronauts who are some of the fittest people in the planet have shown signs of degradation traditionally associated with the effect of aging. They had high blood pressure, deconditioned muscle groups, more fragile bones, lack of co-ordination and balance. All of this returned to normal after a period of physical training back on earth.
The effects of inactivity are very similar on earth. So naturally keeping active for as long as possible as we grow older should be a priority shouldn’t it?
Sadly, in recent survey, only 16% of people over 60 take part in more than an hour of exercise a week. That’s what Getfit121 aims to change. By attending our classes we aim to improve movement, greatly reduce the risk of falls, increase flexibility and make you aware of other risks and how to tackle them, such as diabetes, osteoporosis, and rheumatism.
Did you know that 30% of people who fall and require a hip replacement die within one year of doing so.
For a free trial email getfit121@hotmail.com
