![]() ![]() The next napercise sessions will be taking place in Bromsgrove on the 8th June and Worcester on the 9th June, with future plans to roll out classes across David Lloyd Clubs nationwide. The class is predominantly aimed at parents but you actually do not need to have a child to take part. These include boosting alertness, alleviating anxiety or stress and improving your mood. David Lloyd Club in the UK has added an experimental 'napercise' class to their schedule and exhausted parents are more than ready to pay for a nap. The class also takes inspiration from past academic studies into the important health benefits that napping in the day can bring. ![]() The fitness group was spurred to launch the napercise class after research revealed 86 per cent of parents said they were fatigued. The studio temperature is also be dropped to a level that promotes calorie burning during sleep. Napercisers will be invited to curl up and indulge in some restorative mid-afternoon shuteye, before continuing on with your day. It’s the perfect environment for the soporific sessions to take place. The spin-bikes are swapped for single beds, and upbeat tunes ditched in favour of atmospheric sounds. Amen.But honestly, you won’t be breaking a sweat. Of course, I won’t be going, because I’m not paying to lie down for 45 minutes, eyes wide-open, staring at the ceiling, revisiting all of my life’s many regretful digressions. It’s being trialled this weekend in Sidcup, and if it proves a hit, it’ll roll out nationwide and you’ll be able to sleep off that hangover in a comfy setting, rather than hiding in the broom cupboard crying into a scotch egg. "In addition to a lack of sleep bringing with it a higher risk of developing anxiety or depression, when we are sleep deprived we lack the energy to exercise regularly, and also the mental clarity to make good decisions about the food we eat, which could negatively impact our physical health in the long-run." "We tend to focus on the short-term effects such as being tired or lacking concentration, but it is also essential for our long-term physical and mental wellbeing too. “Sleep is a lot more important than people realise. The idea behind the class arrived as a response to the ‘tiredness epidemic’ that is currently infecting our shores, with 86% of parents complaining of fatigue and 26% admitting to getting less than five hours sleep a night.ĭreams and sleep expert Kathryn Pinkham says: The temperature is also dropped down to a level that promotes calorie burning, too. The classes occur in the middle of the day, so tired parents or workers can pop in, nuzzle down and get a good 45 minutes of shut-eye to a soothing soundtrack of atmospheric sounds. It’s all designed to improve well-being, regenerate the mind and supposedly, burn a couple of calories too. ![]() A branch of David Lloyd Clubs is trialing so-called ‘napercise’ classes, which involve getting into a comfy bed and having a likkle sleepy weepy boo boo, instead of doing anything active, thank God. Thankfully, one of my exercise-hating brethren has had an idea that is music to my prone, unsweaty body. What would be better was if I could nip in and have a nap – a nip-nap of sorts. I hate how it really knackers you out, I hate how sweaty you get, and I really hate not being able to find any weights heavy enough for my gargantuan ceps. The thing I don’t like about going to the gym is the whole “exercise” thing. ![]()
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