PROJECT PROFILES
PROJECT PROFILE PROMOTION SUPPLIER SHOWCASE A LOOK AT RECENT PROJECTS FROM TECHNOGYM, ESCAPE FITNESS AND JORDAN
CLIENT: LARNE BOROUGH COUNCIL MOTIVATION TO MOVE
SUPPLIER: TECHNOGYM T
hrough its leisure centre gym, Larne Borough Council runs a Health Matters programme for people with acute health issues who have been referred by their local GP. Over 12 weeks, these clients work
closely with activity professionals to plan an activity schedule that they can carry out in their personal time, with a weekly hour-long meeting to monitor their progress. Activity consultants soon found, however, that it was difficult
to truly monitor activity levels every week. Being unused to sports and physical activity, clients found it difficult to describe the exercises they did, meaning that the consultants could not estimate or measure their progress accurately. The council therefore decided to carry out a trial of
Technogym’s mywellness key to complement the Health Matters programme. A portable device that measures the intensity and duration of physical activity wherever its user is, the mywellness key provides immediate visual feedback and syncs seamlessly with a cloud-based portal,
www.mywellness. com, allowing both user and coach to view the data at any time. Clients who achieved good outcomes after the 12-week
course were chosen to use a mywellness key. They were asked to continue has they had done during the activity programme, and consultants were on-hand to assist with any queries. The results were very promising. Over 10 weeks, the group
had collected over 360,000 moves, equating to an average of more than 850 moves per person each day. The clients also indicated that they appreciated the
compact, simple-to-use design of the key. It provided them, they said, with a clear indicator of their daily activity targets, as well as motivating them to exceed these targets. One participant, a woman over the age of 40, explained: “The key provided me with the extra motivation I needed to get active again. I know I’m not doing enough physical activity, but to have something that tells you that every time you look at it is very motivating. Once I began to exceed the target that was set for me, it was a great feeling!” Meanwhile, for consultants, the key
Clients found
the key compact and easy to use
acted as a tool they could use to independently measure and view each client’s leisure activities, with analytical data on the intensity and duration of
Activity duration and intensity are measured
each exercise. This data helped them spot trends and draw conclusions from specific results. Programme co-ordinator Niall Curneen says: “The biggest
challenge we have with Health Matters clients is changing their habits in their own spare time, when they aren’t in the vicinity of the leisure centre. The keys give us a unique opportunity to see in good detail what clients are doing, and identify what they need to do differently. “This allows us to be proactive when results aren’t as
expected. It also takes the support we offer our clients to another level, as we’re effectively with them all the time, not just at one weekly meeting.”
For more information:
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