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Spring Bank Holiday Junior Activities
With a selection of aquatics and sporting activities across the City, click the link below for more information on activities for Spring Bank half term!
Fancying a trip to the Tarn? Add it to the diary, Monday 27th May the Leeds Sailing & Activity Centre will be running activities at a special discounted rate for the open day! Bellboat Rides will also depart throughout the day, £2.50per person! To book your place please call the team on 0113 3781271 or email sailingcentre@leeds.gov.uk (note bookings not accepted for the bell boat)
Strengthening is a crucial ingredient for leading an active, independent life. As you get stronger, you should find yourself able to do other things to increase your overall activity levels, whether at home or in the community.
Strengthening is not only safe, but if you live with a condition, it can help reduce other risk factors linked to it.
As we age particularly from ages 40 upwards our body simply starts to lose muscle and so we become weaker and in-turn this as a negative impact on our bodies ability to cope with everyday life, and the body having the strength to deal with health concerns that might occur as we age. Being stronger sooner will help you live a strong life and in vitality.
It can improve mood, help weight loss, improve sleep, create routine, mange conditions, lower risk of other conditions, increase in self-confidence, appearance and overall general well-being.
Loss of muscle mass, strength, and function across the age range can be seen when we feel weak, quickly fatigue, have low energy levels, balance problems, and trouble walking and standing, these are all signs of the need to have strengthening in your daily life.
There many physical benefits like improving your stability and balance through strengthening, which prevents risks of trips and slips and helps with confidence out and about.
We have all been affected by Covid and some much worse than others, as our body may have deconditioned during this period or we simply feel weak, strengthening can offer a strong opportunity to boost you immune system and aid fighting such viruses.
Whether you are new to physical activity or been around it all your life, people still question what is the best type of exercise for me? How much should I do? How long should I do it for?
Strength training is for everyone no matter your ability or disability everyone can access it and can be free.
Bring strengthening into our daily lives, we can do it around the home, it doesn’t have to be structured or in a gym, we can use many pieces of furniture around our home to do strength training. follow the link for home-based options.
We can use our outdoor environment like parks, how about doing some sit to stand for your leg strength of a park bench or press ups to strengthen your arms. for more tips and ideas follow the link.
By strength training on regular basis builds confidence and enables you to be more independent than dependant.
When starting something you may not have done before confidence can be a barrier, but with the right support and guidance and beginning something like strength training can be beneficial in many ways, simple things like having more energy to play with your children or doing day to day activities, becomes much easier as your strength improves.
When you start your strength journey it is really helps set achievable goals, do what you like doing, set yourself a time and keep it like an appointment.
When exercising you will have good and bad days, everyone does, but let’s make the best of the good days.
You can treat exercise like a light snack, you don’t have to do it all in one go, shorter bouts are more achievable.
We are told to rest when we may have some certain ailments like back pain, but by building confidence and understanding the benefits of strength training we find, “Rest isn’t always the best” let’s find out more.
There are many tips and approaches to strength training, try different one here and find something you enjoy.
Are you like many mums and dads where your not sure or confident about physical activity, but you know some activity would be beneficial, but time is valuable and always seems very little left to do anything else? Well, follow the link for further get support how to build strength into everyday life to keep you stronger for longer to help deal with your busy life.
Many pre and post-menopausal women find that moving more and strength exercises can help manage their symptoms, as well as improving their general well-being.
Strength exercises are extremely beneficial to bone health and weight control especially during the menopause. Would you like to find out more and get the support you need to be more active and the benefits of being active during menopause. Lets Menostart not Menopause!
There are so many activities out there that you may have wanted to do in the past but never got around to, and retirement is a great opportunity to put that right. Small amounts can add up to a big difference over time and keep you stronger for longer.
For many people, retirement marks a time of new beginnings - more time with family, new hobbies, opportunities to try new things and meet others. By strength training this will enable you to keep doing this for many years to come.
It is never too late to understand and find new ways in how you can maintain or build your strength into your everyday routine, all the while discovering talents you never knew you had.
