Plenty of New Year resolutions include the words ‘getting fitter’, although for many, interest wanes after a few weeks.
An airline, though, has come up with some flying-inspired exercise routines to help keep holidaymakers trim and assist them as they attempt to keep in shape in January. EasyJet has created a series of free online exercise classes, entitled ‘Travel Bag Body Blast’, in which gym equipment and weights are swapped for cabin bag hand luggage.
The new exercise plan is based on the daily routine of the cabin crew who get their 10,000 steps in each day. On average they clock up half-a-million steps a year on the job, or 700 miles – the equivalent of walking from London to Barcelona. And participants can expect to tackle intriguing routines such as ‘Landing Lunges’, ‘Cloud Climbers’, ‘The Pilot’s Press’, ‘Suitcase Squats’ and ‘38,000 feet’ – you can catch their unique exercises, which were devised by cabin crew in consultation with professional personal trainer Aimee Corry, here: https://vimeo.com/782497308/44c0955528.
Each exercise in the routine is to be performed for 40 seconds with a 20-second rest, before moving on to the next one. Once a full circuit is complete, take 30 to 60 seconds rest before repeating.
Georgia Phelan, cabin crew member with easyJet, said: “Being cabin crew and looking after our customers while flying all over Europe is a fast-paced, dynamic job and so we all really enjoyed bringing that energy to these creative get-fit routines to help make getting active easy and enjoyable, all from your own home.”
Michael Brown director of cabin services at easyJet, added: “In the New Year when people are making resolutions for the year and planning their holidays to look forward to, we wanted to bring a bit of enjoyment to homes up and down the country with our easy and creative work-outs, fronted by our very own fantastic crew and inspired by their daily routine, to help the nation get ‘flying fit’ – and have fun while they do.”
The ‘bag to basics’ exercise routine has been devised following new research by the airline which reveals 80 per cent of Brits will make a New Year’s resolution to get fit. However, 61 per cent admit they hate going to the gym and three-quarters (75 per cent) admit they are likely to give up their exercise regime by the end of January.
The new video will help people kickstart their New Year’s fitness resolutions by showing them simple exercises they can enjoy in their own home, without the price-tag of new equipment or a gym membership. The survey of 2,000 Brits aged 18 to 65 also reveals Brits, on average, admit to wasting £500+ on gym membership fees over their lifetime, signing up with good intentions, but then quickly getting bored.
On average, Brits spend £99 every year on unused gym clothes, and while two in five spend money on monthly gym fees, only 65 per cent of those only go once a month. A further quarter (27 per cent) of us with gym memberships admit to not even going to the gym once.
For Brits who plan to make a New Year’s resolution this year, the most popular resolution is to get fit and exercise more, followed by saving more money and taking up a new hobby or skill.
Brits’ Top Ten New Year’s Resolutions have been revealed as:
1. Getting fit and exercising more – 80 per cent
2. Saving money – 41 per cent
3. Taking up a new hobby or skill – 25 per cent
4. Giving up smoking – 20 per cent
5. Visiting friends and family more frequently – 19 per cent
6. Getting better at cooking – 14 per cent
7. Travelling to more destinations abroad – 13 per cent
8. Reading books more often – 11 per cent
9. Decorating/renovating the home – 9 per cent
10. Spending more time socialising – 8 per cent
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