"Get off the treadmill and into your community", says GoodGym's Ivo Gormley
- Feb 18, 2018
- 2 min read
Treadmills...
You know the feeling, repetitively putting one foot in front of the other, seeing the same view as you trundle along...
This is where GoodGym comes in.
Born out of frustration of 'normal gyms', founder Ivo Gormley says gyms waste time and human potential.
The concept?
Run.
Do a project for your community.
Run back!
All in 90 minutes.
Image: goodgym.org
"We want to get people off the treadmills and into their community".
"The beauty is that this will be done in 90 minutes, replicating a regular gym session".
Be it helping out at a community garden, planting trees, runners are able to interact with communities through three 'runs'.
Within your local London borough, GoodGym empowers you to run to a local community project, and then run back!
Image: goodgym.org
"You've got a group of people you've only just met and you're flying along by a canal, not quite sure where you are. It feels like a real adventure."
GoodGym gives you an EXTRA way to get to know people in your community.
"Over a million older people in the UK are often lonely, with some go for months without seeing friends or family".
"GoodGym help runners visit an older person weekly to make huge differences in their lives".
Older people impart their life experience - 'coaching', as GoodGym describes.
Go further in helping London's older generation by helping them with practical tasks.
From changing lightbulbs, to moving furniture, mission runs give you varied experiences with your runs!
Image: goodgym.org
With 21 London boroughs with hosting regular GoodGym projects, why not be EXTRA and run to immerse in your community!
Find out next week how our Extracisers got on by running with GoodGym!
Comments