Resident trainer delivering healthy results
A series of fitness classes planned and being delivered by one of the residents at our Cheshire Recovery Service has been running for almost a month and is going from strength to strength.
The tenant Mike is a trained Personal Trainer and has put together his own classes and schedule to encourage other tenants, residents, and service users, and the staff, to get involved in the sessions that include yoga, abs, and running club.
They started with a bootcamp class. As well as helping those involved with fitness and wellbeing, Mike is using it to gain experience which he will be able to use towards future employment. It is also helping his support and recovery by keeping him engaged and, in his words, giving him a purpose.
Commenting on it himself, he said: “All of the lads that have turned up and even the staff including Fern and Rory have done incredibly well at each and every class they’ve attended.
“The feeling of satisfaction of helping others makes me feel amazing and I love it. I love helping building others up and helping people achieve results and goals.
“Our timetable for Beech House Fitness, I have created it where residents and staff have the option to turn up every day and do a fitness class! There’s always an option to do something. This helps not only with their physical attributes but their mental health also! It helps them stay on track in recovery, release natural hormones, and help them be more positive in such a difficult situation in all of their lives; in adversity of addiction.
“We have a community here now because of it and my WhatsApp group is not only where I post my classes, updates, polls, events and so on, but it’s also there to help with people struggles, an option to talk and bring a sense of persistent support to all involved which brings motivation, positivity and discipline.
“There’s no specific class that stands out because every class we have, we have good attendance and all of the residents really enjoy it, including myself. They always put good effort in every class so I’m really proud of them all.
“I am looking forward to seeing more outcomes with the team here at Beech House.”
It’s fantastic to see these classes, set up and running with the support of staff, made possible by resident involvement, delivering so many positives. Well done Mike and everyone else involved.
