Install Now and Pay in April 2021 Re-engage Members with Something New! Getting members back into our leisure centres and keeping them safe is at the very heart of leisure industry strategy. Ensuring member safety is clearly the key message for all leisure sites, but offering something new can also re-engage members and [...]
Sneeze Screens NOW AVAILABLE Free-standing screen partitions to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and protect your customers and staff PLEASE NOTE Price subject to VAT and delivery charged at £10 per screen. 3 week delivery time from receipt of payment SPECIFICATION 176cm High x 132cm Wide Steel frame with clear PVC [...]
There are nine million lonely people in the UK and four million of them are older people. Many older people find constant loneliness hardest to overcome. They lack the friendship and support we all need. As we spotlight the issue via #LonelinessAwarenessWeek, it is evident that the last 12 weeks will have impacted on [...]
Having closed their doors due to the COVID crisis back in March, the team at Feelgood Ivybridge are getting ready to re-open by investing in three new pieces of power assisted exercise equipment provided by Shapemaster. Margot Davies, who owns the facility commented “We are really excited to have received the new equipment in time [...]
As we approach the end of ‘Mental Health Awareness Week 2020’ we look at what impact the role of power assisted exercise could play in supporting people struggling with their own mental health. Following a survey conducted amongst end users of power assisted exercise who identified has having a mental health related condition, the [...]
In 2018 the financial journal Barron’s described spending by the over 65s, the ‘longevity economy’, as ‘the mother of all untapped markets’. Not only is this age group growing dramatically in number and proportion around the world, its economic importance is also growing. There are currently around 12m people aged over 65 in [...]
Our partners at Alliance TA6 have published the results of a national survey conducted amongst over 4,000 people. The aim of the survey was to gather some headline data on the feelings of the public towards exercise and their fitness levels during and post lockdown, and to help leisure operators make more informed decisions [...]
The concern around respiratory conditions has never been more prevalent. As the world faces unprecedented challenges with COVID-19, and with growing discussions on the physical rehabilitation needs for survivors of COVID, we look at what impact the role of power assisted exercise could play in supporting those living with long term respiratory conditions (in this [...]
Based on data collected from over 300 Shapemaster users across the UK, the ‘End User Impact Report’ published last month reveals very positive results for older adults engaging in power assisted exercise. Over 60% of users indicated that they generally felt better since accessing the equipment, whilst 30% felt that their mobility had improved and [...]
Here's the third of our home based video exercises to support older adults and those with long term health conditions to stay mobile and moving throughout isolation. Physiotherapist Rachel Young talks us through exercises that can be performed whilst on your sofa or on the floor. We love that Rachel's dog Rusty wants to get [...]
