Senior general manager Nick Price said the programme has run for more than four years, expanding from two sessions to three.<\/p>\n
A participant uses a tablet to follow a personalised Good Boost workout at Grantham Meres Leisure Centre. Photo supplied by LeisureSK.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cI believe leisure centres truly have a massive impact on the local community.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe help grandparents stay fit enough to play football with their grandchildren in the garden, we are a place to meet new friends and combat loneliness and we ultimately work on behalf of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Participants complete an initial assessment before following exercises at their own pace, with a facilitator available to support them.<\/p>\n
Participants exercise during a Good Boost session at Grantham Meres Leisure Centre. Photo supplied by LeisureSK.<\/p>\n
Nick said participants do not need to be able to swim because sessions take place in waist-to-chest-depth water.<\/p>\n
The programme welcomes people with conditions including arthritis, back pain and mobility limitations, alongside those recovering from injury or returning gently to exercise.<\/p>\n
In anonymous feedback supplied by the centre, one participant described how sessions helped them manage osteoarthritis and recover from surgery to replace both hips.<\/p>\n
Another called Good Boost a \u201clifeline\u201d over the past 18 months, describing benefits for movement, pain management and mental health.<\/p>\n
A third said: \u201cI find these sessions extremely enjoyable socially and look forward to meeting and catching up with the other attendees.\u201d<\/p>\n
Contributors also praised leisure assistant Hayley Milne\u2019s support and attentiveness.<\/p>\n
Some requested more sessions and improvements to the tablets\u2019 reliability. Nick said staff regularly update the devices and report problems to catch issues early.<\/p>\n
For more information contact the leisure centre directly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pool exercise programme has become a \u201clifeline\u201d for participants who say it helps them manage pain, stay…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[84,193,1398,6647,22140,102,8739,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-791978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-business","tag-charity","tag-education","tag-fitness","tag-grantham","tag-health","tag-lincs-homepage","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}