Gym definitely counts as play
The Playday 2019 theme is Play Builds Children. It aims to highlight the many ways in which play is beneficial to children and young people. Naturally, it also applies to grown-ups – and we think getting down to the gym definitely counts as play! Here’s why it’s good for you:
GyM Buddies
It’s Friendship Day (Tuesday, July 30). What a great thing to celebrate, as who doesn’t love being with friends? We see loads of friends together at our gyms.
On Ya Bike
The magnificent Tour de France is now in its last week, and this Sunday sees who has ridden the best over more than 2,000 miles – covering a great variety of gigantic ups and downs.
Escape to the Gym
You probably know it whether you have kids of your own or not: school’s out for summer! For parents that means much more family time, but much less “me time”. For those without kids it means everywhere’s much busier and the noise levels reach sky-high!
Help from a PT
This week sees the Wimbledon tennis finals that captivate much of the world. It usually leads to a burst of enthusiasm for playing the game, although for most people that doesn’t last too long…
It’s a good thing
We all love this one – on Sunday 7th July it’s World Chocolate Day! Chocolate can contain big calories and heaps of sugar, but it has fantastic health benefits too. That’s certainly good news as it’s probably the most loved taste in the world.
Life-changing benefits of sport
Too many young people are missing out on the life-changing benefits of sport that would improve their health, wellbeing – plus give them skills to thrive. To turn this around, National School Sport Week (NSSW) this week wants schools, teachers, parents and everyone else to join together and show why exercise and sport has a vital role to play in every person’s development.
More time to train
This solstice – which marks the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere – marks the sun’s most northerly point in Earth’s sky. Then, as all the pessimists point out, it starts getting darker sooner minute by minute… Sorry to remind you.
Men’s Health Week
It’s Men’s Health Week, a time of awareness for health issues that affect men more than they should. The focus for this year is on the impact of inequality and deprivation on men’s health.
Water Wins
It’s June and that means it’s officially British summertime! So we usually get at least a few weeks of weather that’s warm enough to ditch our jackets and swap trousers for shorts.