Home Exercise for Adults
Get your heart beating every day
You don’t need gym equipment at home to stay active. Everyday activities such as doing the vacuuming, hanging out the washing, and mowing the lawn all count towards your daily activity levels.
Local resources:
Aikido: Enjoy martial art training videos and blogs on a variety of platforms from our local providers West Cumbria Aikido.
BodyFit: Local Providers BodyFit are Live-Streaming of the following sessions: Circuits Flexibility Core work out using a gym ball Plus others to be developed. Please check facebook for the latest info.
CanDo FM: The local radio in Barrow worked with us and local providers to create a series of Wicked Workouts which were delivered daily at 9.30 am on the radio, and on Facebook. These are now also available on our You Tube channel for you to workout along to.
Clubbercise: Join local clubbercise instructor Aleasha live on Facebook
iCan Health & Fitness: Local providers iCan have produced video and pdf content for all to see, do and use at home, they have launched a web based platform for videos and content available for all HERE
MokyFit: Fun Fitness for all the family with MokyFit creator Shameem. Live classes with 4 different workouts on offer. MokyFit - dance workout, MokyHIIT combat style HIIT, Mokycore - mat based core strengthening and MokyZest Strengthening and cardio for the over 60's
Shameem Fit: Fun Fitness for all the family with MokyFit creator Shameem. Live classes with 4 different workouts on offer.
Together We: Local providers Together We have built an online resource including videos of resistance classes, cardio, sensory, pilates and more, these can be accessed FREE with thanks to funding from us on behalf of the Sport England Tackling Inequalities fund.
National resources:
You could follow an NHS yoga workout to improve strength and tackle stress
Follow the Our Parks Couch to Fitness 9-week free programme or their Couch to Bangra - an at-home dance exercise plan for beginners.
Try Joe Wicks 7 days of sweat
Learn a dance step, or try some of these:
- NHS: gym-free workouts
- NHS: ten-minute cardio and toning workouts
- ONE YOU: Home workout videos as an easy way to help you reach your exercise goals
- This Girl Can: Home exercise guide
Active on Demand: Played have brought together a wide range of online content to help you be active at home.
Better Leisure Centres: Free virtual classes available on an app! Simply use the code BETTERFREE to join in and stretch, squat and sweat at home! To download the app, visit: https://bit.ly/BetterUK_app
Decathlon: PLAY by Decathlon UK is their new sustainable, digital platform to make the joys and health benefits of sport accessible to all.
Fitness Blender has over 500 free workout videos.
Her Spirit: a personalised coaching app for your Mind, Body and Fuel and is now FREE for EVERY women in the UK thanks to Sport England Lottery funding. Join a supportive, fun, non-judgmental community of like-minded women keeping active and eating more healthily looking after their mental health.
Oti Mabuse - Dance: Evening dance classes at 7.30pm for all ages no partners need and no dance experience free and for enjoyment.
Mind: National Charity Mind have created some new resources to help including:
- Get active bingo: Challenge yourself and tick of your achievements with our bingo sheet designed to help you move more around your home.
- Mindfulness and yoga:Yoga encourages us to stop and take notice of how our mind and body are feeling. This activity sheet will help you plan for your own yoga practice, which you can complete at home or with a group of friends.
Roam Sweet Home: The Ramblers have suggestions of ways to keep walking/active. This includes a Step Challenge which gives your details of how many steps/flights of stairs are needed to climb virtual mountains.
We Love To Dance: There are a wide selection of ‘We love to dance’ workouts choreographed to the best hits of the 80s available on YouTube.
Stay Active whilst Working from Home
There are some little changes you can make to increase your activity during your working day. Remember, every minute counts!
- Take regular breaks from your computer. Set reminders on your calendar to encourage you to stand and move every 30-60 minutes.
- Stand or pace whilst answering the telephone.
- Use what you've got – the stairs are a great way to be active. If you can, use a bathroom that isn't on the same floor as your workspace!
- Organise time to do activity with your colleagues – could you take in turns to lead a 10 minute workout over a video call?
- Take a look at our Active At Home pages for more tips on how to incorporate physical activity into your day.
StretchWell: Quick and easy routines of desk exercises following an instructed video. The videos are a combination of stretches and mobility movements that encourages you to mobilise the body after long periods of time sitting at your desk.
Stay Active whilst Pregnant
This Mum Moves: have worked with a panel of experts to review and select a range of workout content.
NHS Pregnancy Exercises: From stomach strengthening, to pelvic tilt and pelvic floor, the NHS have a range of ideas on this wenbpage.
Virtual / Online Activity in your area
There are 14 opportunities listed on the Activity Finder. To view local opportunities please select your local area.
