LACONIA \u2014 Fitness and behavioral health professionals are quietly coordinating a novel program to support people in recovery, and they’re already well on their way.<\/p>\n
At Juggernaut Fitness on Lexington Drive, staff are working with representatives of Concord Hospital and Navigating Recovery to offer Unstoppable Sobriety, a fitness class offered for free to assist people working toward the recovery.<\/p>\n
Matt Terry, co-owner of Juggernaut Fitness with wife Anna Terry, said Wednesday they were excited to collaborate for the program, because it aligns well with the mission of their business \u2014 to educate and empower people to live healthy, fulfilling lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And this program certainly fits the bill.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt aligns with our mission,\u201d Matt Terry said. \u201cIt just sounded like the perfect opportunity to help people in the Lakes Region.\u201d<\/p>\n
Recovery is tricky, and complicated, too. But building mental fortitude and resilience, growing personal confidence and finding community are all keys to success. For Corey Gately, director of substance use services at the Recovery Clinic and Laconia Doorway for Concord Hospital-Laconia and -Franklin, Unstoppable Sobriety helps people with all of those.<\/p>\n
She\u2019s involved in the program intimately \u2014 she\u2019s also the instructor of the course. The functional fitness program is held once a week at 6 p.m. at Juggernaut Fitness, and typically begins with a brief lesson or talk about how fitness can help people in recovery stay on track and achieve their goals.<\/p>\n
Staff from Navigating Recovery attend the course to lend their expertise and assistance.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes, exercise evokes emotions that we don\u2019t expect,\u201d Gately said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was born from Corey\u2019s dream,\u201d Terry said.<\/p>\n
Gately has worked her entire career in the recovery field, and coached at Juggernaut Fitness for about four years. She\u2019s hoped to create such a program for years, and, after making a successful pitch, now has funding through Concord Hospital to do it. The hospital was looking to support a community-based health program, and Gately\u2019s suggestion fit it to a T.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe opposite of addiction is connection,\u201d Gately said. \u201cHere, we provide an avenue for that connection.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
They anticipate Concord Hospital will fund a year of the program, and organizers hope to securing future financial support \u2014 likely through grants \u2014 to continue on.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are places in the country where people in recovery can go to work out for free,\u201d Gately said about the inspiration for the program.<\/p>\n
Since November, almost 60 people have benefitted from the class, and their feedback is overwhelmingly positive, Terry said. All participants who responded to a survey told Gately and Terry they\u2019ve found community there, and 90% said they feel more confident in their own bodies.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTo have 56 visits in that time is awesome,\u201d Terry said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe started quietly,\u201d Gately said \u2014 they invited area agencies working with people in recovery to send clients interested in the program, and spread word through other social service organizations. Now, they\u2019ve got a strong group each session, 6 p.m. on Monday nights. Gately and Terry encourage newcomers, and ask they arrive 15 minutes early to sign a waiver and receive a brief introduction.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur staff is phenomenal, our coaches,\u201d Terry said. \u201cWe\u2019re really lucky.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Each session is an hour long, and open to people of any physical ability. They gear workouts to fitness and skill level, ensuring accessibility for all, and classes are paired with a recovery-based lesson. Then, participants are led in warm-ups by a coach before jumping to the workout program, often involving strength training or cardio.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhatever it is, we\u2019re able to modify it,\u201d Terry said.<\/p>\n
And pairing all aspects together can make a big difference. For people experiencing active addiction, Gately said, \u201cit\u2019s sort of like living life on the edge.\u201d In the program, the music is blaring, energy and atmosphere are kinetic.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s exciting, there\u2019s that piece that\u2019s sort of filling that void,\u201d she said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
And exercise can be a big benefit for emotional regulation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know so much about recovery being something that goes well when they engage in community activities, when they engage together,\u201d Gately said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s huge, exercise is huge,\u201d Gately said. \u201cThere\u2019s so much to be said about exercise.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LACONIA \u2014 Fitness and behavioral health professionals are quietly coordinating a novel program to support people in recovery,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":505011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[69315,7663,27544,2454,1728,1198,210,1141,517,12230,34785,1740,7673,1737,9159,27615,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-505010","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-behavior-modification","9":"tag-behavioural-sciences","10":"tag-branches-of-science","11":"tag-cognition","12":"tag-exercise","13":"tag-fitness","14":"tag-health","15":"tag-health-care","16":"tag-mental-health","17":"tag-physical-fitness","18":"tag-popular-psychology","19":"tag-primate-behavior","20":"tag-psychological-concepts","21":"tag-psychology","22":"tag-social-issues","23":"tag-social-psychology","24":"tag-united-states","25":"tag-unitedstates","26":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115868176992708045","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}