Emma Nibbs (She/Her)

The Challenge 3 ways to get fit, 3 memories, 3 pictures

It's our third birthday on March 23rd, so we're celebrating in GoodGym style by running, walking and cycling of course!

This is all about getting fit by sharing memories of your favourite GoodGym experiences over the last three years.

What do I do? 1) Pick your top three most memorable GoodGym experiences (group runs, community missions etc) 2) Over our Birthday week Run, Walk or Cycle to those places 3) Take a picture there and write a couple of sentences about why you've chosen that particular one and which organisation we helped. 4) Send your pictures and text over to me to collate: ema@goodgym.org
(heads up, some of the pictures and text will be shared on social media so do say if you don't want a picture of yourself to be shared!)

Extra Brownie points to anyone who runs to one, walks to one, and cycles to one!!

When do I do it? At a time that suits you between Monday 22nd-Sunday 28th March. You can do all three in one day or spread them out over the week, whatever suits you.

I haven't yet been to three GoodGym events, can I still join in? Yes, Yes, Yes!
If you haven't got three GoodGym experiences to choose from you can either pick three places you would love to do a GoodGym task for (and we can then add it to our list to make it happen!), or three outdoor spaces you love to spend time in.

Happy Third Birthday Liverpool GoodGymers!!!

After a month of focused mostly on moving, here's a chance to move AND pick-up a good deed on the way.

We're supporting a brilliant small charity called Move The Masses, set up by former GG York Trainer and all round legend Egg.

Move The Masses is producing a national map of outdoor gyms with the aim of getting the nation active. The map goes live in February so let's have one last push to include as many gyms in our local area as possible.

Under current covid guidance, you are allowed to exercise outdoors with a buddy from another household and to best complete the photo section of this challenge (plus a nice chance to be social) it is best to work in pairs. That said, solo adventurers are also welcome to join in.

What we want you to do

Runners/walkers/cyclists need to visit local parks and open spaces looking for the locations of outdoor, fixed fitness equipment (pre-research is allowed!). For each separate site, use the equipment, take photos of the equipment and photos of yourself having a great time on it. Then complete our online form: https://airtable.com/shrEiBZ0LPeNtth2g

If equipment is spread out around a park (several pieces around a lake, for example), please complete a separate form for each bit. If the equipment is all grouped together, one form can be completed for the lot.

But, why?!

Move The Masses is developing an online map to show people all the great places they can access for exercise that are free. They want people to know where they can exercise and how they can exercise, in a space that's local to them. By the end of 2021, they want every outdoor gym in England on the map.

Safety guidance

• We recommend everyone washes their hands for at least 20 seconds with soap and water before and after using/touching outdoor gym equipment.

• We recommend carrying hand sanitizer to use after touching any surfaces.

• When exercising, travelling with others or using public spaces, remain 2m away from other people.

• If equipment is in a poor state of repair, has any sharp edges or with loose parts, do not use.

How to find longitude and latitude on Google Maps

Open the Google Maps app on your smart phone. Hold your finger on the part of the map where the gym equipment is located until a red pin appears. An info box appears at the bottom of the screen. Click on this and scroll down and you'll find the coordinates under the photo (it'll look something like 53.3918117, -2.9687833).

Good photo guidance

• All photos should be taken in landscape, not portrait.

• We would like photos clearly showing each piece of equipment at each site (either with people using it or not)

• No selfies please, someone will just have to sacrifice themselves to take photos of others!

• The challenge needs to be completed by Sunday 14 February at 20:00. As well as uploading them, send me your best shots to let me know you took part.

Sign-up now and get a friend involved too :)

Happy hunting!