Get fit with BBS’ new active at home programme for 2022!

By British Blind Sport | 10 January 2022 | TAGS: Inequalities, Long term health conditions

As with many other sport and physical activity providers, the Coronavirus pandemic encouraged British Blind Sport (BBS) to adapt its services and explore the world of online workout classes. BBS' audio-led sessions, developed in collaboration with inclusive providers, have helped blind and partially sighted people keep active from their homes during the pandemic and have continued to be enjoyed by people around the world. Our YouTube channel has over 100 on-demand activity videos in a variety of styles. The workouts have proved so popular that BBS has chosen to continue offering them alongside our regular delivery to encourage more blind and partially sighted people to be active.

One participant said, “I went through a period of poor mental health which I know would have been so much worse if I didn't have BBS' fitness classes.”

Another said, “It’s nice to do exercise alongside other people (even virtually!) and have very motivating instructors who speak to the participants and correct our positions. It’s a great idea!”

The new Active At Home programme consists of 3 parts:

1. A live workout week will be held at the beginning of each month, with a different 30-minute exercise class taking place on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday evenings at 6pm via zoom.
2. On Thursday, an optional pre-recorded session will be available to stream via the BBS YouTube channel. The sessions will be hosted by two new providers and will involve a variety of different activities.
3. At the end of the week, the BBS team will upload recordings of the live workouts for those who were unable to attend. The goal is to do the same class on the same day of the week, every week until the next live workout week at the start of each month. All of our pre-recorded videos are available on our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/c/BritishBlindSportOrgUK/playlists

We encourage you to keep track of your progress and share it with our Active at Home Facebook group. The group was created to provide an online community for networking through the programme and to share information about our online activity. The group now has over 600 members and is still growing. Link: www.facebook.com/groups/britishblindsportactiveathome

Sign up for our weekly mailing list to receive information about our Active At home Programme directly to your inbox. Click here to sign up: https://britishblindsport.wufoo.com/forms/zkiemdz1ymzj4a/

For more information on the programme, please email [email protected]