Stay Active Programme 2
Please perform each exercise safely and within your limits.
Main session:
Level 1| 1 set
Level 2| 2 sets
Level 3| 3 sets
Warm up: 10 minutes
1. Star jumps
Increase speed to increase intensity
Main session: x10-15 repetitions
To increase intensity
Hip adduction: hold for longer
Side lunge: add weight
1. Hip adduction/pillow squeeze
1. Side lunge
2. Tricep extension
To add resistance hold water bottles/tinned food in extended hand
3. Knee to chest
To increase intensity
Hold at end range
4. Reverse row
Increase tension in towel
Stretches: hold for 15 sec
1. Cross leg
To increase intensity
Hold stretch for longer
2. Arm cross chest
To increase intensity
Hold stretch for longer
Programme 2 is demonstrated by Team Member Maisy.
In 2019, Maisy graduated with a 2:1 in BSc (Hons) Physical Activity and Health at Leeds Beckett University. There she focused on how to design and deliver physical activity interventions that have a lasting and positive impact on people’s lives and enhance the nation’s health through prevention and treatment methods.