Fitness and Exercise: Exercise for Mind and Body

This is a course for an LLDD group at Vicarage Court Care home. This course is suitable for beginners and anyone who wants to improve their fitness and participate in gentle exercises. Your tutor will demonstrate a range of movements to include the upper and lower body, and also show you how you can adapt any movements to suit your capability and individuality. You will prepare your body first by participating in a range of warm-up movements, followed by gentle stretches to enable flexibility. During this course you will experience the following effects and benefits: Increased energy level, gain confidence in your exercise routine, improved mobility in joints, build strength and flexibility in your muscles, increased blood flow bringing oxygen and nutrients to your body, increased awareness of how your mind and body feel during exercise, increased heart rate and breathing, a feeling of overall well-being.