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Fitness boost bid set to put Scottish teenagers in a spin
SPINNING classes developed especially for teenagers are being offered to kids in Scotland to help them boost their fitness.
Equipment supplier Star Trac is working with the HealthWays Healthy Living Project, providing TeenSPIN sessions to school pupils.
Year Nine and Ten students have been enrolled onto the six-week project at the Invergordon Academy, doing 30-minute sessions twice a week.
At the end of the programme, their fitness levels will be reassessed and used to prove to students the difference exercise can make.
Mark Sharples, the instructor leading the project, said: 'This is an excellent way to engage young people in aerobic activity in a fun way. This is a great way for young people to develop a zest for physical activity into adulthood.'
SPINNING classes developed especially for teenagers are being offered to kids in Scotland to help them boost their fitness.
Equipment supplier Star Trac is working with the HealthWays Healthy Living Project, providing TeenSPIN sessions to school pupils.
Year Nine and Ten students have been enrolled onto the six-week project at the Invergordon Academy, doing 30-minute sessions twice a week.
At the end of the programme, their fitness levels will be reassessed and used to prove to students the difference exercise can make.
Mark Sharples, the instructor leading the project, said: 'This is an excellent way to engage young people in aerobic activity in a fun way. This is a great way for young people to develop a zest for physical activity into adulthood.'
Owner claims efforts were dismissed
AN independent gym owner has hit out at schools which she claims dismissed her efforts to get children into exercise and healthy eating.
Sharon Wickens - owner of ladies only gym Paradise Walk - said she had been inspired to offer discount memberships and fitness classes for schools to help crack the obesity epidemic.
But, she claims, she received only a negative response and a lack of interest from the schools she visited.
She added: 'I would like to offer cheap rate classes for schools so they could bring their kids in but I went to some schools and didn't get one response.
'It was so energy sapping going round these schools and talking to people and I just felt like it was a waste of time."
AN independent gym owner has hit out at schools which she claims dismissed her efforts to get children into exercise and healthy eating.
Sharon Wickens - owner of ladies only gym Paradise Walk - said she had been inspired to offer discount memberships and fitness classes for schools to help crack the obesity epidemic.
But, she claims, she received only a negative response and a lack of interest from the schools she visited.
She added: 'I would like to offer cheap rate classes for schools so they could bring their kids in but I went to some schools and didn't get one response.
'It was so energy sapping going round these schools and talking to people and I just felt like it was a waste of time."
