BrainFit Programs and Activities
The BrainFit Program Activities participants will be involved in are listed below:
- Cardiovascular Exercise: Stationary cycling, treadmill, boxercise, walking and aqua-based exercise ( aqua based held at separate venues)
- Balance exercises: Balance exercises using various equipment and involving both pelvic stability exercises ( hips/ legs) and upper body stability ( shoulders/ neck). Small group classes available for Falls Prevention Participants
- Pilates Reformers exercises: Individual sessions and group sessions for overall strength and posture
- Stretching and Floor based strength: Individual sessions and group sessions for overall strength and posture
- Metabolic Health Education : education sessions outlining the benefits of eating real food and reducing processed food for brain health
- Stand up paddling and kayak instruction
The Structure of The BrainFit Program
The BrainFit Program is structured in 4 week blocks to allow participants to “ Self Assess” if they are ready to progress.
Progressions can be as small or as often as a participant choses and may include only a slightly higher level of intensity of exercise or duration.
The human body requires small increments of
“progressive overloads” to ensure that the physiological systems function on “build stronger” process for all systems.
It is important to understand that your body also requires rest and recovery to heal and build stronger.
It is for this reason the BrainFit Program has been created in 4 week cycles. It is perfectly ok to repeat each cycle a number of times before “ self assessing” if you are ready to move into a slightly higher level of fitness
The Brainfit Program is structured as follows:
- Daily Cardiovascular Exercise
- Daily Stretching
- 3 days per week strength/ shoulder/ hip mobility
- 2 days per week core/ spinal elongation
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BrainFit Program Teaching Methods
BrainFit programs prioritize the establishment of environments that include the following principles:
- Low Anxiety Learning
- Strength Based Learning
- Co-Learning Environments
This means our focus is to create an environment that allows the brain to relax and feel safe whilst learning and often this means that for the first few sessions our focus will be to create a relationship of trust and reduced anxiety, rather than focusing on "pushing" a participant physically.
Our focus is the brain and its ability to want the body to move and learn.
This can often frustrate an onlooker who may want to see a participant moving the entire session
It is important to understand that the focus at BrainFit is the establishment of long-term health and long term engagement in exercise. We want to create a positive attachment to movement and health for all participants.
This may take a few sessions to create a relationship of trust in the exercises.
We also request that participants involved in groups and classes enable others to exercise in a low anxiety environment.
We encourage participants to provide each other with positive reinforcement and to respect that others are exercising in the gym space.
Participants are reminded to respect the low noise levels that fellow participants may require and to limit constant talking over the top of other members
For more information regarding the BrainFit Teaching Methods please visit the Teaching Methods page
