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Expanding our health and fitness horizons

Expanding our health and fitness horizons
  • Try a 30 minute gym based workout with a friend of partner, notice how much harder you train.
  • Set up your partner training in the park in a circuit style 6-8 different stations, time each exercise for 1 minute, repeat 3 times.
  • Go for a 20 minute run with a friend or partner.
    • Warm up for 5 minutes then work with 1 minute hard efforts 5 times, recovering for 1 minute after each fast pace effort then cool down for 5 minutes.
  • Treat yourself by going for a climbing lesson or an ice climbing lesson (Indoor walls are great fun) with a friend or partner.
  • Get out on the water for a row or kayak with a friend. Spend some time taking it in turns to push one another.
  • Challenge your partner to a game of WI fit.
  • Go for a walk on your lunch break with a friend for 20 minutes at a fast pace.
  • Cycle with your children after work and school, spend at least 30 minutes on the bike.
  • Instead of watching T.V try an abdominal attack in the lounge of an evening, you and your partner can coach and push one another for 15 minutes.
  • Blast the house clean doing everything fast to burn calories, spend at least 30 minutes.
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