Are you looking for a new challenge?
Do you want to feel healthier and happier? Keeping active boosts both physical and mental health. You may want to lose weight, tone up, improve stamina or boost the endorphins to improve mental health.
If you have a Fitbit you can join the Aspen Team competing with other teams in the Health & Hustle.
To join we need you to email your fit bit registration address to aspen.riskandcompliance@nhs.net.
We would love to be top of the leader board and every step counts!
Join challenges weekly and monthly. Feel supported by other members. Achieve the goals you set!
With support from Health & Hustle with couch to 30 minutes, walk-talk-walk there is nothing to stop you!
Parkrun Practice
Aspen Medical Centre is delighted to have partnered with Gloucester City Parkrun to become a ‘Parkrun Practice’. For those of you that don’t know about Parkruns, they are free nationwide events – every Saturday morning – that revolve around completing a 5km route in open spaces. Many choose to run but others push buggies, walk their dogs or amble round while chatting with friends. They are run entirely by volunteers which makes them an incredibly supportive and friendly environment to get out and feel good about yourself.
If you want to be competitive then by registering you receive a barcode that records your time and how many runs you have attended, which can also be a great motivator.
By becoming a Parkrun Practice we intend to practice what we preach (with members of staff also joining in), as well as promoting the events through posters and in consultations as a really important way you can take control of improving your own physical and mental health.
More details of the local run will be noticeable on your next trip to Aspen, but in the meantime more information can be found here. Warning, it can become addictive!
‘Walk Talk Walk’ Group
Come and join us for a gentle walk and chance to meet others.
We meet on a Thursday at 11am for around an hour. You can walk as much or a little as you want to. Please do feel free to bring a companion and your dog, all are welcome.
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Walk Talk Walk Group CommunicationGloucestershire Active Inclusion Network
Join a range of inclusive activity and service providers to connect, share and discover. Receive updates from the network, hear from guest speakers and meet inclusion champions from Gloucestershire and beyond.
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www.wecanmove.net/network/network-gloucestershire-gainManaging Musculoskeletal (MSK) Conditions with Physical Activity
One Gloucestershire has put together a leaflet on information on how many musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions can be effectively prevented and self-managed with physical activity.
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Many Musculoskeletal (MSK) Conditions can be Effectively Prevented and Self-Managed with Physical Activity leafletGet Britain standing
In recent years a variety of major international research has produced compelling evidence that sitting for more than 4 hours each day leads to:
– Enzymes responsible for burning harmful blood fats shutting down.
– Reduced calorie burning (Metabolic rate).
– Disrupted blood sugar levels.
– Increased insulin and blood pressure levels.
– Leg muscles switch off.
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www.getbritainstanding.orgDr Chatterjee
Dr Chatterjee has created a conscious, long-lasting approach to weight loss that helps to find the best solutions that work for you.
Websites
www.drchatterjee.com
5 Minute Kitchen WorkoutActive Gloucestershire
Get your family and friends together and run, walk or cycle as Gloucester is transformed into a giant game.
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www.activegloucestershire.orgMoving Medicine
In the United Kingdom, physical inactivity is the fourth greatest cause of ill health with negative impacts on health, social and economic outcomes for individuals and communities. Moving Medicine provide clinicians and allied health professionals with accessible, evidence based, collaboration with experts, professional bodies and charities representing patients and healthcare professionals in each disease area.
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www.movingmedicine.ac.ukDo you have older parents, family or friends that may be susceptible to falls?
Are you an older person that wants to become more active, fitter, stronger and protect yourself from falls? Fit for Life is a specifically developed exercise class for active older people.
Phone
01452 393 605
Website
www.activegloucestershire.org/events-and-campaigns/fall-proofEverybody active, every day
An evidence-based approach to physical activity.
Booklet
Everybody active, every day (PDF)We Can Move
We Can Move is aimed at getting everybody more active by integrating physical activity into daily lives.
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We Can MoveSustrans
We’re the charity making it easier for people to walk and cycle.
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www.sustrans.org.ukGet fit for free
The secret to getting fit for free is to use every opportunity to be active.
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www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/free-fitness-ideas