Our thoughts on mental health, fitness, physical activity, exercise and health.
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As a tutor and assessor, who has been working in the fitness industry for 12 years I have always been surrounded by individuals who love fitness. They enjoy exercise, attend fitness classes or the gym, have the latest trainers or fitness calorie counting app.. But what about the people who don't enjoy this?
The number of people playing sport in England has fallen since the 2012 London Olympics, despite the Games' pledge to "inspire a generation."
For someone who works in the fitness industry lately I have spent a lot of time sitting down. Administration catch up (too much paperwork to be healthy) and driving. On the plus side I get to see beautiful parts of the country but the down side is sitting in the car for hours. It would be wonderful if Fred Flintstones car really did exist; you would get a great workout!
Lately I have found it difficult to do the recommended amount of daily activity needed for health.
What part does group exercise play in getting people more active?
I agree with Sport England and EFDS recent article "Activity providers need to be more proactive in reaching disabled people" (BY MATTHEW CAMPELLI June 2016) that a drop in sports participation by disabled people is unacceptable. Disabled people are significantly disadvantaged in terms of health inequality.
After reading the article
EFDS: Activity providers need to be more proactive in reaching disabled people
BY MATTHEW CAMPELLI on Leisure Management (June 2016)
It got me thinking...
CIMSPA will have a difficult job in getting REPs members to move over. I have a lot of contact with instructors who are only members because their employers insists they must be on the register. Others have either never joined or left. The main reason for leaving is they felt they did not get anything in return.
