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We’ve found some of the best health and fitness resources to help you stay fit while gyms and other sports facilities remain closed.
If you have or know of any other at home fitness videos please share them with us via twitter or email us at in**@***********ts.com
Tyler Merrin
US goalball star Tyler Merrin has a youtube channel dedicated to home fitness where you can find 30 home workouts to suit different abilities.
He’s also in the process of developing a home fitness app for the blind and VI community.
Panathlon home and garden games
Panathlon gives young people with disabilities and special needs the opportunity to take part in sport.
They have developed a series of online lockdown fitness resources for their Youtube channel complete each has a full audio description.
Turnstone’s seated yoga
Turnstone, a US non for profit, that aims to empower people with disabilities through sport and wellbeing has teamed up with
two-time Paralympic medalist and certified yoga instructor, Daryl Walker, for two seated yoga sessions.
Metro Blind Sports
Metro Bind sports are running a weekly exercise challenge and encouraging people to post themselves doing the weekly exercise challenge on social media.
You can find all of their challenges on a handy Youtube playlist.
Metro Blind Sports also have a chair Yoga session available on Youtube created with a visually impaired audience in mind.
Eyes free fitness
The Eyes Free Youtube channel provides a number of exercise routines that you can do at home.
Playlists available range from pilates to a bootcamp style training program! All are fully accessible for the blind and VI community.
10 today
10 Today is a set of 10-minute audio workouts for older people intended to easily fit into your day to help get you stretching and moving at home.
You can find all their workouts here on Soundcloud
Inclusive Tennis at Home
The Lawn Tennis Association have put together a wide selection of inclusive exercise videos including activities and games that anyone can get involved with at home.
This includes a video on playing tennis at home created alongside British Blind Sport
LOOK UK
LOOK UK created some great audio described keep fit videos for VI kids – find them here.
Parasports
The parasports website has a stretching and mobility exercise that should help to keep the muscles and joints in good order if you’ve been doing a bit too many of the HIIT exercises above.
It could also act as a good warm up or warm down routine.
Yoga With Nes
This Youtube channel has a small number of audio described yoga sessions for the visually impaired.
Enjoy your exercising! If you have or know of any other at home fitness videos please share them with us via twitter or email us at in**@***********ts.com
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