Do Fitness with Diane Oakden

Classes break for a week the first week of August. We are back to normal on Monday 11th of August.

All sorts of people and animals joined in with our Zumba session last Saturday at Leyland Festival. I looked round and saw toddlers and an 80 year gentlemen and of course the odd penguin and tiger doing their stuff. Fab! Thanks to everyone who came and talked to us on the stand, handed out leaflets and joined in dancing!

Sugary DrinksThis week the news media has been focussing on the dangers of sugary drinks to our health. We have an epidemic of obesity in the western world. It’s not just about not being able to fit into tight jeans or looking good in your new outfit these products have massively negative effect on our health. Diabetes, heart disease and strokes to name just a few. There is  research claiming that sugar interferes with the body’s appetite creating an insatiable desire to carry on eating, an effect  the food industry of using to increase consumption of their products. We are designed to drink water!
Fit with HIIT Course Well done everyone who is on this course at the moment. People who signed up for this course have been doing their home workouts and changing their eating habits to make changes to their health and fitness. We will running another course in September. I will keep you posted.

There has been big demand for this class and some people have asked for a later class at 8.30pm. Please come along at either 6pm or 8.30pm to Prospect House, Sandy Lane, Leyland PR25 2EE to sign up for the 5 weeks. All being well the later class will run and people can come along to either.

Hi everyone,

Fit with HIIT (FHIIT for short!) Starts Thursday June 12th at 6pm
This class uses HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) to get fit as quickly as possible. There will be take home workouts which last for 10-15 minutes which you can do between classes. We are going to have a 5 week programme starting on Thursday June 12th at 6pm Prospect House Sandy Lane, Leyland. We need 10 people to book on to run the course. It will be £20 a course. I am timing this just before the summer so we all feel a bit more confident about getting into our ‘bathing costumes’

Leyland Festival Volunteers needed. Please see email below:
As you know it is Leyland Festival on Saturday 21st June, there will be entertainment in the town centre from 11am with the festival parade starting at 12 noon. Volunteers are needed to lend a hand at the Leyland Festival on Saturday, June 21. We really need your help because this year there are more stalls and events booked than ever, but our volunteer numbers are low. We need people to help for at least two hours with the entrances and helping events like the dog show.
If you volunteer you get: Love, Lunch, Entrance to festival and an extra ticket, Certificate for your CV, £10 donation to a registered charity of your choice

If you are available or know somebody who is please contact Howerd Booth hbooth@southribble.gov.uk asap

We will have our usual DO Fitness stand again and probably do a couple of dances on the stage.

Zumba
I have been told I should be using Twitter. Ahh! I have only just mastered Facebook. OK then I dutifully signed up for twitter and the first tweet I got ( well actually the only tweet) was:
Exercise is the most under utilized antidepressant there is.
Facebook. OK then I dutifully signed up for twitter and the first tweet I got ( well actually the only tweet) was:
Exercise is the most under utilized antidepressant there is.
Zumba is great for lifting your spirits and making the world seem a better place. It should be given on prescription!
( I know Wednesday morning class you have heard that 3 times now x)
Wednesdays 9.30am and Thursdays 6.30pm Prospect House, Sandy Lane, Leyland PR25 2EE and Fridays 9.30am Euxton Community Centre PR7 6JH

50+ and 60+/ Starter Circuits
Has everyone been doing their homework?
Mondays 50+ Circuits 9.30am at Wellington Park, Church Road, Leyland PR25 3AB
Wednesdays 60+ and Starter Circuits 11.30am Prospect House, Sandy Lane, Leyland PR25 2EE

Fitness 55+
Some of you know I have been studying for more qualifications for teaching exercise to older adults so my head is full of statistics. Here are some great ones for encouraging you to come to class on a rainy, grey morning when you would rather stay at home.

It’s medically proven that people who do regular physical activity have:
•up to a 35% lower risk of coronary heart disease and stroke
•up to a 50% lower risk of type 2 diabetes
•up to a 50% lower risk of colon cancer
•up to a 20% lower risk of breast cancer
•a 30% lower risk of early death
•up to a 68% lower risk of hip fracture
•a 30% lower risk of falls (among older adults)
•up to a 30% lower risk of depression
•up to a 30% lower risk of dementia

Mondays 11.30am at Wellington Park, Church Road, Leyland PR25 3AB and Fridays 11.30am Euxton Community Centre PR7 6JH

Beautiful weather we have been having. I hope you have all had chance to enjoy it.

Important! Bank Holiday Monday 26th May
There will be no classes that day – have a lovely long weekend everyone.

Fit with HIIT course.
People have been asking for FHIIT to come back. (We used to call it Fitness Fusion.) This class uses HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) to get fit as quickly as possible. There will be take home workouts which last for 10-15 minutes which you can do between classes. We are going to have a 5 week programme starting on Thursday June 12th at 6pm Prospect House Sandy Lane, Leyland. We need 10 people to book on to run the course. If there is enough interest I will run a Monday night one at 7pm St Chads and Sunday morning at 9 am (ish) at White Coppice we can discuss the time of that one! It will be £20 a course. If we run more than one course people can swap between or go to two without paying any more. More details follow. I am timing this just before the summer so we all feel a bit more confident about getting into our ‘bathing costumes’

Pilates
New Pilates Class- St. Chads School Wheelton ( Whittle -le-woods/ Heapey) PR6 8LL Mondays 7.30pm.
Our new Pilates class started last week in the school hall at St. Chads Catholic Primary School Wheelton (Whittle-le woods/ Heapey) at 7.30pm. Thanks to everyone who came!! If the class continues to be busy we will make it into two classes on Monday evenings.
I will keep you posted.

This lady started Pilates in her early nineties! x
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Mondays 10.30am at Wellington Park, Church Road, Leyland PR25 3AB and 7.30pm St. Chads School Wheelton ( Whittle -le-woods/ Heapey) PR6 8LL , Wednesdays 10.30am and Thursdays 7.30pm Prospect House, Sandy Lane, Leyland PR25 2EE and Fridays 10.30am Euxton Community Centre PR7 6JH

Senior Circuits 50+ and 60+
These classes are really taking off. I am so pleased as well that men are coming along to these classes. (There are no dance elements in them.) In the 60+ class we have no floor work and it is a good class to start with if you are recovering from injury or illness. In the 50+ there may be some floor work.
Mondays 50+ Circuits 9.30am at Wellington Park, Church Road, Leyland PR25 3AB
Wednesdays 60+ and Starter Circuits 11.30am Prospect House, Sandy Lane, Leyland PR25 2EE

Zumba
This weekend I spent Saturday training with international Zumba trainer Donna Giffen. She is brilliant and really funny. Here is an old clip of her.
Here is an old clip of her.

It was my 51st birthday on Sunday and made me think back to my 50th last year. We had a big Zumba party and raised £700 for two local charities. It was an amazing evening and made my birthday unforgettable. I am thinking about organising another big Zumba party on a Satuday night with guest instructors. It will be great for people who are really busy during the week and can’t make Thursday evenings. What do you think?

Wednesdays 9.30am and Thursdays 6.30pm Prospect House, Sandy Lane, Leyland PR25 2EE and Fridays 9.30am Euxton Community Centre PR7 6JH

Fitness 55+
This class is a bit ‘dancy’ but great fun if you like dance. There is no floor work.
I am on a course in Glossop next weekend. It’s for lots of new ideas for the Fitness 55+ exercise classes and the Senior Circuits classes. I am away for the whole weekend – yes I have told my husband now!
Mondays 11.30am at Wellington Park, Church Road, Leyland PR25 3AB and Fridays 11.30am Euxton Community Centre PR7 6JH

Timetable- to check for classes go to www.dofitness.org – upcoming events

Have a super week everyone.

Pilates New Pilates Class- St. Chads School Wheelton ( Whittle -le-woods/ Heapey) PR6 8LL Mondays 7.30pm -starts 12th May.

There is a new Pilates class starting in the school hall at St. Chads Catholic Primary School Wheelton ( Whittle-le woods/ Heapey) at 7.30pm from the 12th of May. This is because people are coming from Brinscall and Chorley to the evening class in Leyland.

We spend hours in front of a computer screen or television or driving and the natural  S shape of the spine is lost. Pilates helps to realign the spine and with that comes better posture. I am on  Pilates course in May all about back pain issues through poor posture so hopefully lots of ideas for you. Mondays 10.30am at Wellington Park, Church Road, Leyland PR25 3AB, Wednesdays 10.30am and Thursdays 7.30pm Prospect House, Sandy Lane, Leyland PR25 2EE and  Fridays 10.30am Euxton Community Centre PR7 6JH