A new meaning to working out
Posted on 23/11/09
Research shows that this outdoor activity boosts energy, builds confidence, relieves stress and leaves you feeling fitter. It sets you a goal – and it’s free.
What is it? It’s a BTCV Green Gym, the award-winning scheme that’s good for you and good for the environment. There’s no lycra or running machine involved, yet an hour of moderate physical activity provided by a Green Gym can burn almost a third more calories than a step aerobics class.
Green Gym sessions get you up to speed with hands-on practical projects in the great outdoors, from battling with brambles to building a wall. Sessions are run on weekday or weekend mornings and generally last half a day.
After some warm-up exercises you learn how to use the various tools, then work at your own pace with plenty of breaks for tea and chat. Sessions end with cool-down exercises and a sense of satisfaction in a job well done.
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15 Jul 2011
Mondraker comes to Bedgebury
Quench Cycles has joined forces with distributor Silverfish to sell Mondraker bikes through its Forestry Commission outlets at Bedgebury and Alice Holt. There will be a Demo Day on 23 and 24 July! Read more
Missing all those outdoor activities offered for Countryside2011? Get out and about with National Bike Week @TGBBikeWeek http://bit.ly/Hb38D
Congratulations to all the winners of the fab prizes offered by Countryside 2011 http://bit.ly/ltlSB4
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Water-ski, Wakebaord or Jet Ski at the South East’s Premier Watersports Venue. http://bit.ly/kOqJfG
See the red squirrels in the walk-through enclosure at the British Wildlife Centre! Visit http://bit.ly/k2thrJ
