Keep Fit (Gentle Pace)

What Will You Learn?

Warm-Up Techniques: Learn how to properly mobilize your joints and prepare your body for exercise, preventing injury and improving performance.

Breathing Techniques: Discover how controlled breathing can enhance your exercise routine and overall wellbeing.

Posture and Body Awareness: Improve your posture and develop greater awareness of how your body moves.

Strength and Endurance: Perform exercises that help maintain and increase muscular strength, joint flexibility, balance, and agility.

Coordinated Movement: Build coordination through a variety of simple and safe exercises.

Stretching and Relaxation: Learn how to stretch and relax effectively, promoting better flexibility and reducing tension.

Exercise Modifications: Exercises will be tailored to your individual level and needs, ensuring they are both challenging and achievable.

Why Take This Course?

Tailored for more mature Learners: The course is designed specifically for older adults, taking into account individual health needs, goals, and aspirations.

Promote Long-Term Health: Through regular participation, you will gain the benefits of a more active lifestyle, improving both your physical and mental wellbeing.

Develop Knowledge and Confidence: Learn how your body works and gain the confidence to maintain a healthier, more active lifestyle.

This course is designed to include a mixed level of ability where your tutor will offer adaptations and progressions with each exercise movement delivered. Learners new to exercise are welcome as are those with experience.
Participants are encouraged to work at their own level and pace, which may vary from week to week.
Additional information
Please wear loose fitting, layered comfortable clothing suited to exercising. For example, tracksuit bottoms, active-wear leggings, t-shirts or sports vests. All exercises will be performed wearing trainers.
Please bring a water bottle with a secure cap.
You will need to bring your own exercise mat to class.
It is advised that learners prepare for safe practice by not eating a large meal for at least 2 hours before the class, however you may wish to eat something small prior to the start of the class to provide you with an energy boost.
As this is a subsidised course you will be required to complete mandatory, audited documentation which your tutor will support you with.

You can book directly on to this class by simply clicking the ‘Add to Basket’ button and accessing our online booking process.



For further information or queries. please contact enrol@suttoncollege.ac.uk or call 020 8289 4700.



If you are unsure of your next steps for education, employment or career choices our Advice Service can help. Contact advice@suttoncollege.ac.uk

Following completion of the course it is recommended that continuation occur to further develop and maintain a healthy, active, wellbeing lifestyle where progression levels can be enhanced with each individual exercise taught.
This course will also prepare the mind and body for a number of alternative exercise course styles.
Keep Fit (Mature Learners)
Pilates
Zumba Gold (Mature Learners)
Keep Fit (Gentle Pace)