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Health experts recommend walking around 10,000 steps a day for cardiovascular health. Walking 10,000 steps is the approximate equivalent of walking 5 miles. The distance covered depends on the length of your stride.

There are many ways to increase your daily steps:

Take a walk with a friend
Walk the dog
Use the stairs instead of the lift
Walk to work/shops
Get up to change the channel

A typical Family Fitness HeartFit aerobics class covers approximately 5,000 steps, helping you halfway to the recommended 10,000 a day!

If you would like to track your steps each day, wearing a pedometer is a good way to measure it. Please let one of our instructors know if you would like any help getting an easy to use pedometer.

You might be surprised how many (or how few) steps you get in each day!

Congratulations to Maggie for successfully completing her most recent weight management training!

Maggie has a great deal of experience working with children and families at risk of obesity, heart disease and diabetes.  She also provides exercise and healthy eating advice and support in a clinical setting for G.P’s, Practice nurses, Midwives, Health visitors and Children’s Centres.

If this is an area you would like some advice or help with, you can contact Maggie on 07815 196910.

Circuits is one of the most recent additions to the Family Fitness timetable.  For those who haven’t yet tried the class, it’s a fun & straightforward session, suitable for men & women.  The class starts with a basic aerobic warm up, and then follows with a series of 7 or 8 ’stations’ which are a mix of strength or cardio exercises.  eg.squat, knee lift, lateral arm raise, hamstring curl, tricep dip etc.  You choose your first station, and carry out that first exercise for 60 seconds.   Then under the instructors supervision move on to the next station in the room.   Everyone works at their own level & at their own pace.  At the end of the class there is a cool down, stretch, and then the option to stay for some abdominal and back strengthening exercises.  It’s a great work out and excellent way to tone up.  Come and give it a go Weds at 7.15pm- 8.15pm, Highbury School.

“I like circuit training because not only does it give me a high intensity cardio workout, it also combines toning and resistance training.  Since starting circuits I have improved muscle tone all over my body and I can work at a pace that suits me.”  Suzie  (attends Circuits & HeartFit)

The Family Fitness newsletter will now be available for download from the website. All downloads will appear below the “My Family Fitness” section on the right.

Don’t forget that you can register at any time to receive emails when the website is updated. You can register in the “My Family Fitness” section.

The Spring 2010 issue of the newsletter is available now. It includes the booking form for the new term.

Congratulations to Ruth, who has just completed her YMCA Advanced Core Stability course!   For more tips on core stability exercises click here