“lose your money, you lose nothing
lose your reputation, you lose something
lose your health, you lose everything”
Anon
Have you ever visited the doctor only to be told.
“Your just getting older, learn to live with it.”
Well to heck with that! You don’t need to live with it. Yes, ageing is inevitable, but the decay is optional.
The human body is a miracle, now believed capable of functioning for up to 170 years, although in our consumer society that’s not so easy to imagine. Experts agree that it’s possible to turn back our biological clocks and stay functionally younger, we just need the right formula.
Over millions of years the human body and brain have coded a system of messages that signal the body to grow or decay.
However human evolution has not kept pace with technology. We have a use it or lose it system, so when sitting in the car for hours or watching TV our body still interprets these signals the way it has for thousands of years and assumes we’re sedentary because there’s a food famine and begins shutting down, storing fat etc.
Our body is designed to move and when it’s moved in the right way good things happen, our brain also interprets exercise as a signal that we are hunting and gathering and ensures we are in a peak alert state, a process evolved over millions of years.
Experts now recommend we exercise 6 times a week. Some sports and activity are only suitable at certain stages of life. Sometimes though we don’t discover until it’s too late how an activity might affect our mobility and ability to stay active in the long term.
Enjoyment is also a factor and many professional sports people are able to successfully recover from injury and remain healthy and active later in life, although unfortunately not all of them are that lucky.
Step into our common sense corner for a minute.
At what age would you say exercise is important?
Under 30 [ ] 45 [ ] 60 [ ] 75 [ ] Every age [ ]
When adding an activity to your active 4 life plan, consider your long term health with a few questions:
1. If there’s risk of injury at what age is this an issue?
Under 30 [ ] 45 [ ] 60 [ ] 75 [ ] Every age [ ]
2. Are a range of age groups active in the activity?
Under 30 [ ] 45 [ ] 60 [ ] 75 [ ] Every age [ ]
If not, why? Sometimes there’s a good reason.
3. At what age could you sustain this activity?
Under 30 [ ] 45 [ ] 60 [ ] 75 [ ] Every age [ ]
There are other factors to consider and simple personal practices we can employ in order to help us stay functionally younger for longer.
Contact us for a FREE copy of our Active 4 Life Action Plan.
Our aim is to provide you with the ultimate environment to achieve your goals.
Oceans Wellbeing is a full time Wellness Centre, you will be learning the worlds most comprehensive wellbeing art including the Choi For Life (TM) a programme pioneered by instructors here at the centre.
“We’re very fortunate with the group we get to work with, everyone is friendly and seem to keep coming back because of the friends they make and a fascination for the art they’re learning. It has taken to five years to establish that we really are an “art for life” and now our members have the wide range of age and ability to prove it.”
Eugene Butcher
Oceans Instructor Team
Eugene Butcher: 4th Dan Chief instructor, Faculty member, International Ambassador, International Examiner.
Dr Sharmila Butcher: 2nd Dan Chief instructor, International Ambassador, Medical Advisory board.
Programme Director: Andrew Pinker
Head Instructors: Ed Titheridge, Brian Jacob, Dave McCormick.
Assistant Instructors: Mark Belton, Paul Cordery, Stuart Scott, George Ravenscroft, Cheryl Hughes, Leigh Brookes, Ben Muffett, Nick Gorvett, Sue Stubbings, Sharon Borrett, Tess Wilkins, Mariannick Atkinson, Mick Bensley, Ross Davenport, Claire Perry
Nutritionalist: George Ravenscroft.
Instructor Programme
Oceans has a full time instructor training school which begins with the assistant instructor programme ideal for those with a passion for health and fitness. We provide ongoing training and support to develop your skills and knowledge in a rewarding, fulfilling role.
Our most recent Assistant Instructor graduates include 2 grandparents who have developed an infectious enthusiasm for the art and are an inspiration to those around them. They are part of a new group of parents redefining their expectations as grandparents.
About the Centre
Regardless of your current ability or experience Oceans Wellbeing Centre has everything you need to enjoy and excel in the art for life either as a student or instructor.
- Open 6 days a week
- 65+ weekly classes including: adult/seniors/beginners/family/child/women.
- Purpose built facility across 3 floors (Europe’s largest Centre)
- Residential workshops and training courses.
- On site Accommodation, hotel and restaurants.
- Large training studios, changing rooms, seafront circuit gym.
- Stunning sea views from waiting area and health bar.
- Large seafront training area, coastal walks, seafront cycle path.
- Team of 20+ dedicated instructors and senior instructors.
- State of the art media room & tutorial library also online.
- Easy public transport, cycle stands, 3 public car parks.
Membership Options
- Wellbeing Programme from £2 per day
- Off Peak from £1.50 per day
- Circuit Gym from £1 per day
- Discounts for couples/ families/ pension age
- payment options credit /debit cards /paypal