Strength and Balance

Please see our News / Archives page for regular updates on the Strength and Balance group.

The Strength & Balance Group aim to meet on the first Wednesday of each month, along with twice yearly , a whole month of Wednesdays!

We demonstrate a set of simple exercises for adults who want to live life to the full.

Doing the 10 simple exercises twice a week in addition to taking a daily walk can help keep you strong, improve your balance and in turn helps you to stay active and independent in your everyday life.  The risk of falls is also reduced.

All Health Walk Leaders involved in this group have undergone training by Paths for All to demonstrate these exercises and give encouragement to do them as part of your daily routine.

The Strength and Balance Group activities have been severely curtailed due to Covid 19 and we were unable to meet as planned in the Village Hall for around 18 months. However, after a couple of outdoor sessions at the Birley Bush Community Garden….

October 2021
On 6th October 2021 we, at long last, had our first Strength and Balance meeting back in the Village Hall.  This was an extremely welcome development and was enjoyed very much by all that attended.  Our first indoor meeting since March 2020. Long may this continue.

Part of the indoor programme now includes some chair exercises from the GOGA (Get Out Get Active programme, and there follows a demonstration sheet of these exercises

August 2021
At long last we can report that an outdoor Strength & Balance Group meeting has been arranged for 18th August at 10am at Birley Bush community Garden, weather permitting. We will get the chance to be introduced again after this long while in isolation.  We aim to start with some gentle exercise and hope we can have another outdoor session in September before getting back into the Village Hall min October.

Please watch this space…. – well the one above!.

Jimmy Hay, who is a stalwart member of the Strength and Balance Group, regularly plays his accordion at the beginning of a session to get everyone up and marching round the hall.  During Covid 19 lockdown, Jimmy has been keeping us all entertained with tunes on our Facebook site.  Here is one of Jimmy’s tunes, and he has provided some accompanying lyrics.

Leaflets and a DVD are available and the following links will take you to a demonstration of the exercises –

Animation – https://vimeo.com/427635023
You Tube playlist – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ3bXGWNVY4LDwJGvyIFh61OpyMqCMEc8

April 2020 – August 2021

The Strength and Balance Group who meet in the Kemnay Village Hall is currently not meeting due to Covid 19 restrictions, but please watch this space for further updates.

In the meantime we are trying to keep in touch and support all our members.

Please contact any of the Committee for further information