Health and Wellbeing: Green Prescription (GRx

By Sport Manawatu

Do you want to get active? Learn about nutrition, how to read food labels, and safely re-engage back into physical activity? Not too sure where to start? One of our Green Prescription (GRx) programmes could be for you. We have many programmes available: GRx Active Families (4-12 years), GRx Active Teens (13-17years), GRx Mums & Bubs, GRx Maternal, and GRx Adults. GRx Adult classes run in Palmerston North twice a week, and Feilding and Levin once a week. The classes run in two parts. The first part is an education session that covers topics such as goal setting, nutrition, healthy hearts, sleep, eating well on a budget, and more. The second part is activity-based, you can choose from aqua aerobics, gym sessions, swimming, resistance bands exercises, and walking. With trained advisors, they can help guide you in the right direction, creating suitable gym plans based on your specific needs. Our GRx staff will be with you in the gym, showing you how to correctly use the equipment and machines. The GRx classes are supportive, judgementfree spaces that enables you to make healthy lifestyle changes without being on strict diets and exercise regimes. Vince (previous GRx participant) says the GRx Programme gave him structure in his week. He knew he had to show up every week to classes, and this is what kept him accountable. Vince says he thrives off routine, something he lacked prior to going to the GRx programme. We have had many success stories come out of the programme; you can read about them on our website. For much information, or to refer yourself to the programme you can visit our website: www.sportmanawatu.org.nz/active/ Or call our office to talk to our GRx team 06-357 5349