Hello everyone,

I hope you are all well. Thanks for all the lovely emails I have received. I will try to get back to you all.

We have all been learning a new vocabulary and new concepts. I had never heard the word furlough, for example, before. A lot of adjustment has been going on which sometimes has been very difficult and worrying. I have stopped listening to the news all the time as it was making me more and more anxious. Stress doesn’t help me manage my MS well and I had a couple of falls which I haven’t had for a while!

Some of you have been telling me about what you have been doing to keep fit and there are some great ideas! It is about finding things that suit you and you enjoy and then getting into a routine with it. I find if I don’t get out once a day for some sort of outdoor exercise my mood starts to sink dramatically. I have got my bike out of the shed and have been really enjoying discovering paths and bridleways round Leyland that I had no idea existed!

Zoom classes are coming soon. In the meantime here is a YouTube Guide on how to use Zoom for the very first time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9isp3qPeQ0E When I have my classes scheduled you will receive an invitation. Only chose to join classes you are interested in or are appropriate for you.

I have been posting a few video clips on Facebook but for people who don’t use Facebook below are the latest ones. You can see all of them on my new YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkQNb2YwdoAWWh_4gPXEYbA?view_as=subscriber

A few Zumba dances:

Marry Me – Yemi Alade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OALovQZzxbo

Go Crazy – Leslie Odom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q92PfHrJ0w&t=134s

Jump Jive and Wail – Brian Setzer Orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTJ-i-tseoQ

How I Feel – Flo Rida
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCcmvv1ymvY

Safe Exercising – on-line videos
Just a few safe exercising tips if you have using online videos. Sometimes famous presenters haven’t really done the right kind of training to say a workout is suitable for eg Seniors. Never do anything you are not comfortable or feel safe with.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H46t1tLM7uU&t=199s

Seated exercise to Reste – (feat. Sting) Maitre Gims
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zwd4bsFdA 8

For those of you who haven’t already done it I have set up a private Do Fitness Facebook page so we can keep in touch and message each other. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1113432258991949/

Lots of love to everyone. Stay well.

xxxxx
Diane