Are you one of those people who is digging your heels in and refusing to make the effort to attend exercise classes online?
Yes, I do go on about this a lot but it really does upset me how so many people who could benefit greatly think that they either โcanโt get their head around technologyโ or canโt be bothered.
My client Jean who is 86 never misses her online Chair Pilates class and, not only attends many other types of activity online but she also hosts important online events attended by large groups of people.
One thing Iโd like to make clear.ย You mustnโt wait until everything goes back to โnormalโ cos it isnโt going to happen, or if it does it wonโt be for a long time, and then it will be a new โnormalโ.ย
My fellow studio owners and instructors have realised the many benefits that online classes brings to the public and we intend to keep them on our timetable for the unforeseeable future:
Here are just a few of the many benefits of signing up to online classes:
- No travel
- In the comfort of your own home, not in some draughty church hall
- Meet like-minded people – not limited by geography.
- Find a class thatโs right up your street and not โmake doโ with a class because itโs close to where you live
- Recordings available for extra practise. Itโs not enough to exercise once a week.
- You need 150 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise each week. Does the weather often stop you from walking outside?
- There is a growing number of online classes targeted at the Over 60โs: LIIT (Low Impact Interval Training, Basic Step Aerobics, Low Impact Aerobics, to name just a few.ย And just as I mentioned in my previous Blog – Variety is the Spice of Life.
The mindset of waiting until things are back to normal reminds me about dating over the years.
I cannot begin to count the amount of females who Iโve met whoโve said โIโm not doing it on my own, Iโll wait until I find someoneโ.
Well, was there ever a guarantee that you would find someone to share your life with?ย Personally, if I wanted to do something, I got on and did it.
Some people worry about what they look like online but when you attend via Zoom you can keep the camera off (but I feel thatโs a bit unsociable) and for classes streamed to Facebook, no one sees you.