Val Edge Fitness is a warm, community-spirited exercise course born out of the Covid pandemic — created to keep a group of ladies in the north of England connected with one another and their beloved exercise instructor, Val Edge.
Developed in collaboration with Oxford University Innovation and supported by Val's family (an MIT Fellow and a physiotherapist), these 10 gentle stretch and movement sessions are set to music and filmed in Val's living room — so you'll feel just like you're in your local village hall.
If you're looking for a like-minded community, some gentle exercise, and a warm sense of togetherness wherever you are in the world, come and join Val and her ladies. Includes 10 on-demand video lessons with lifetime access.
This course is a little different from many of our courses at Learning with Experts. It’s brought to you following the global Covid outbreak, to help unite a community of ladies in the north of England, who needed to keep in touch with one another, and their amazing exercise instructor, Val Edge. Val came to us via her son John Edge (a Massachusetts’s Institute of Technology Fellow) and her daughter Karen (a physiotherapist), and in collaboration with Oxford University Innovation.
During these 10 lessons you’ll get to meet people, and do gentle stretches along to music, taught by Val, and get to know the community as it reaches beyond the boundaries of Blackburn.
Join Val and her ladies, in Val’s living room. You’ll feel just like you’re doing your exercise class in your village hall, and can join in wherever you are in the world.
If you’re looking for a like-minded community of people who are keen to try and keep their energy levels up, would like to take part in some gentle exercise, but don’t want to be doing it by yourself, join Val and her students to help keep your spirits up wherever you are in the world.
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In this first lesson you’ll get moving to gentle music and meet your class
Time to get moving. It’s all about getting to know each other and keeping yourself happy and healthy.
Now’s the time you should be feeling proud of yourself – keep going doing your stretches, and make an effort to reach out to others in your class.
Now you’ve got this far, you might be feeling a little fitter and brighter.
Don’t forget, we’re all in this together. More of Val’s moves to keep your spirits up.
Why not challenge yourself this week to do a little more? Just for fun.
Have a check into class this week – ask your classmates how they’re feeling. Make a special effort this week to reach out.
Maybe you’re beginning to feel the effects this week. Please share with us how you’re doing.
If you’re struggling to get started today, just think about how much better you’ll feel afterwards! Let’s keep each other motivated.
It’s not the end – it’s the beginning. Let’s keep going now.
COURSE TUTOR
Val Edge
Val teaches from her living room at home in the north of England. She first started teaching keep fit when she was 21, she considers herself to be fortunate to teach classes locally, having got started over 40 years ago. Tragically Val’s husband Graham was killed in a road accident in 1995, but her amazing family and friends and neighbours helped her keep going. Fit and healthy, Val now aims to give back to her community, helping others to get through their own struggles by creating strong community of enthusiastic people, who want to keep moving and keep spirits lifted. Val has incredible energy and believes we’re all on a journey, and we continue to learn throughout life. “I knew I couldn’t let my ladies down. And here I am sharing my skills and knowledge all over the world”
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