A Women’s Institute group feel they are ‘so lucky’ to discover resistance bands and the positive impact they can have, after recreating an exercise routine to Kylie Minogue’s classic song.
This was just the beginning for the Corn Dollies from Claines in Worcester and has been the springboard for the ladies to use the bands on a regular basis during their daily lives.
Using Resistance Bands can help to improve or maintain strength, balance and flexibility.
Regular exercise helps both physical and mental health and wellbeing too, particularly if you are doing it with other people.
Mo Wood, the Vice President of the Corn Dollies, started holding resistance bands exercise sessions at the group in September after meeting the Living Well for Longer team.
Recently Gavin Kermack from the BBC joined Lisa McNally, our director of Public Health and Nina Ali from our Living Well for Longer Team at one of the meetings to see how the ladies were getting on.
Resistance bands are strong, elastic bands that can be used to exercise all parts of the body. They are a simple and effective way to exercise.
Doing resistance band exercises regularly can help to:
- build and maintain muscle strength
- improve strength and posture
- increase mobility
- help with joint pain.
Since our Living Well for Longer programme began in 2020, the team have given out over 40,000 resistance bands and trained over 43 organisations to run exercise sessions.
If you are over 50 years old, you can pick up a free resistance band and exercise booklet from any Worcestershire library.
To find out more about resistance band exercises and track your progress online go to worcestershire.gov.uk/resistancebands
For further information take a look at worcestershire.gov.uk/LivingWellForLonger.