{"id":224363,"date":"2021-10-25T15:32:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T15:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hengist-field.nellsar.com\/?p=224363"},"modified":"2021-10-25T15:32:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T15:32:32","slug":"fitness-is-fun-at-hengist-field-care-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hengist-field.nellsar.com\/fitness-is-fun-at-hengist-field-care-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitness is fun at Hengist Field Care Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>At Hengist Field Care Home we are passionate about the saying \u2018If you don\u2019t use it, you&#8217;ll lose it!\u2019 and our gentle exercises aim to keep everyone&#8217;s mobility strong.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We focus on doing exercises most days to make sure our residents are <strong>keeping fit<\/strong> and enjoying <strong>moving as much as they can<\/strong>. Although most of our residents aren\u2019t able to walk, it doesn\u2019t stop us from using what they have.<\/p>\n<p>We have had great fun<strong> learning Tai Chi<\/strong>. This was seated and very relaxed, breathing deeply and opening up our arms and chests, strengthening all our muscles. Our residents loved this as a warm up and for quiet time.<\/p>\n<p>We also do <strong>seated dance routines<\/strong>; not only does this get the hearts racing (and us all sweaty!), we also have to use our heads. Learning seated dance routines can be a sneaky fun way to remember things and coordinate what we are thinking and needing to do with our bodies. <em>It&#8217;s amazing how much you can remember when having fun!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Upbeat music<\/strong> for everyone to tap their feet to, or just enjoy listening and singing along to, works really well. There&#8217;s something for everyone, at whatever level.<\/p>\n<p>There is so much to explore with gentle exercise and it doesn\u2019t just have to be the same old routines each time.<\/p>\n<p><em>Great fun and great for everyone&#8217;s fitness and general well-being.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Hengist Field Care Home we are passionate about the saying \u2018If you don\u2019t use it, you&#8217;ll lose it!\u2019 and our gentle exercises aim to keep everyone&#8217;s mobility strong. We focus on doing exercises most days to make sure our residents are keeping fit and enjoying moving as much as they can. 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