Health & Wellbeing
Over 60's
Helping you maintain your health as you age.
KAL offer a range of memberships from Off Peak to our standard full access membership.
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Physical activity for adults and older adults
Benefits
health
Improves
sleep
Maintains
healthy weight
Manages
stress
Improves quality
of life
Exercise reduces your chance of...
Type II diabetes
-40%
Cardiovascular disease
-35%
Falls, depression, etc.
-30%
Joint and back pain
-25%
Cancers (colon and breast)
-20%
Some exercise is good, more is even better
Make a start today; it’s never too late
Every minute counts
How much and what should I be doing?
*Source: UK Chief Medical Officers’ Physical Activity Guidelines 2019
Stay active. Perform either:
150min.
Moderate intensity exercise per week
eg. increased breathing while be able to talk
Swim
Brisk walk
Cycle
75min.
Vigorous intensity exercise per week
eg. breathing fast and finding difficulty talking
Run
Stairs
Sport
Then include:
2 days a week
Strength
building
To keep muscles, bones and joints strong
Gym
Yoga
Carry heavy bags
All week
Minimise
sedentary time
Break up periods of inactivity
Walk
Stand
Stretch
2 days a week
Improving
balance
To reduce the chance of frailty and falls
Dance
Bowls
Tai Chi
Moving to better health
At KAL our aim is to improve health and wellbeing by supporting more people to become and stay active, which is why we have developed a programme of activity to support people over 60 regardless of age, illness or ability to achieve their personal goals.
KAL offer a range of opportunities from day time activity days, low impact fitness classes, a range of sports activities and specialist support programmes for people with long term conditions or those that may be new to exercise.
Get active programme
Get Active is KALs daytime activity programme which provides a variety of activities and social engagement for people aged 60 years and over.
Classes and group activities
KAL offer a wide range of classes from low impact health circuits, mind, body and relaxation classes and wet activities such as Aqua Med, which take place across all our facilities.
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Sports
activities
We have a range of activities including:-
Specialist exercise and support programmes
KAL have a wide range of programmes available to support people with long term conditions in becoming and staying active.
Volunteer with KAL
Volunteering with KAL enables people to give something back to the community while helping others to improve their health & wellbeing.
Our volunteers bring a passion for being active, and a diverse range of skills and knowledge to provide additional help and support for our customers.
KAL have a range of volunteering opportunities available across our health and wellbeing and sports programmes.
All our volunteers receive an induction to KAL to ensure you know what you will be doing and have all the relevant information you need to do your role safely.
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