Health & Wellbeing: Scootercise

We’ve been so impressed by lots of parents who have written to us about their fitness programmes using scooters that we’ve decided to roll with it. Working with Mary-Ann Elder, a family fitness specialist from the South of England, we’ve created a simple-to-follow programme aimed at adults and children.

We have also included images with the exercises to see how they should be done and where you can go wrong. (Green Goddess & Mr Motivator eat your heart out). We have designed everything so you can print them out and take them scooting with you in a handy format.

You can do all these exercises on your own. But it’s often easier and more fun to exercise with other people. Why not create a Mum’s Scooter Club with some of your friends? Scooting provides a great way to unwind after a stressful day, whatever time of the year it is. We’ve got some great gadgets you can add to your scooter to ensure you can be seen and heard, whatever the weather conditions. (Although the “Find the nearest Pub/Coffee Shop” gadget is still a work in progress for those necessary breaks!)

The beauty of scooters is that you can ride them on pavements, in the park – pretty much anywhere where there’s a safe open space. This means you can change your training route on a regular basis, preventing boredom setting in.

Why Scooter? We can’t promise that you will have the body of Angelina Jolie upon completion of the scooter club, but we do know that there are some real benefits to scootering.

Here are our Top 10 reasons for getting on your scooter!

1. Using a scooter is a great way to exercise – it’s kinder on your knees than cycling, for a start. Moreover, the scooter can be used almost like a piece of gym equipment in your exercise programme. Try doing that with a mountain bike!
2. By getting scooter fit, you’ll be able to keep up with your children as they scooter to school.
3. Talking of school… Scooting your way there is a great way to avoid traffic.
4. Scooting is great for the environment – no yucky car fumes to contend with.
5. Money, money, money! Leaving the car at home to take a spin on your scooter is very cost-effective.
6. Scooting is also a great way of getting around a busy city. Whether it’s commuting to work or taking the family on a sightseeing tour, you’ll find yourself getting to places more quickly and less stressed if you use a scooter.
7. Time saving! If you are a busy parent like us, a few extra minutes in the day to allow yourself to “breathe” can be achieved by scooting rather than driving. No traffic lights, traffic jams, or crazy “other” drivers.
8. It’s fun – this shouldn’t be so low down on the list… It really is so much fun to whizz along on your scooter.
9. You can personalise your scooter to make it inherently “yours” with our huge range of fun accessories.
10. Scooting in your scooter club gives you some much-deserved “you” time; it might help you meet new people, experience new things and have fun while doing it.
    
11. What do you think? Are you going to take the plunge and try some exercises or maybe start your own scooter club? We would love to hear your thoughts, successes and even decamps to the pub stories!