Finding the time can also be tricky, especially when you have younger children.
With Aquamoves’ new Child Friendly Group Fitness Classes, working out has never been easier.
Bethany Hunter has been a regular at Aquamoves for the past year, but said she could find it hard to find time to work out and prioritise herself, with three kids under 10.
“I hadn’t really used a gym or anything since having my kids,” she said.
“But then one day with my son, I had to pick him up for something, because he was trying to reach something, and I realised I couldn’t lift him.
“I was really nervous [when I first went to Aquamoves], so I got a friend to come with me for the first two classes that I did.
“I started just doing classes, as I was way too scared to actually go in the gym part, but I slowly built up to that.”
Her older two children are now in school, but with her youngest only two years old, the classes seemed like the perfect option for her schedule.
“Once they started doing the Child Friendly Group Fitness Classes, I thought that it was a great opportunity to take my son for a swim afterwards,” she said.
“So we do my gym and his swim, so it’s a little Wednesday morning thing we do, and he loves it.”
Bethany now goes multiple days a week and loves participating in all sorts of classes.
“I really love the classes,” she said.
“The main thing I like about them is that it’s for me, not my kids.
“Even though my son comes to [the Child-Friendly Group Fitness Classes], it’s still for me, and it just makes it so I can come.
“I’ve never in my life thought that I’d be the type of person that would get up early to go do exercise in my life, but now I go to a 6am one once a week, and it’s the best because I get to wake up by my own decision, not because they’re calling me.
“I get to do something for myself before I do everything for them.
“You give everything you have to your family, and I feel like I’m actually getting myself back.”
For more information on joining Aquamoves, head to their website, aquamoves.com.au
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