Your Solution to Simplify Senior Programming
While Encouraging Better Brain Health
As someone who has been responsible for programming in senior living settings, I see the immense value in Blue Goji's CyberCycle bikes. It has often been challenging to educate and provide effective dual tasking programs. For years we would do things like counting by 3s, counting backwards, or even counting in Spanish while exercising in a group class format. Sometimes we would ask residents questions like what cities have you visited and say them outloud in alphabetical order. Fitness based challenges between residents (sometimes including staff) were tedious and laborious. So opportunities like that were often limited or overlooked due to the work involved to bring friendly competition and more social interaction into the mix.
With Blue Goji's CyberCycles we have a simpler and more enticing approach to support dual-tasking and related benefits. Riders (both residents and staff) can engage in fun games like Trail Run, Row Your Boat, Kreature Krunch which are fun and mentally challenging. Before you know it twenty minutes of riding has gone by because you are so immersed in the games! Creating different types of challenges is easy with the support of Blue Goji. Challenges foster social interaction and friendly competition between residents and even sister communities in different parts of the country! CyberCyles have solved the need for effective dual tasking programming and fun, interactive fitness challenges.
Personally, as someone who has immense disdain for being on a piece of cardio equipment for more than five minutes due to boredom, I LOVE what Blue Goji has created with these products. As an avid animal lover, I love Trail Run! Helping the dog on their adventure makes the time pass like I have never experienced before doing any type of cardio exercise. Kreature Krunch is another game that took me a while to learn, however, once I did I kept playing it over and over again to get a higher score which kept me moving for longer than I had intended. The Embodied Health experience that Blue Goji is looking to provide happens organically and quickly. My mind focuses on the games and rides while my body works hard. I highly recommend a Blue Goji bike for physical, cognitive, social, and emotional wellbeing!
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About our Expert
Kelly Stranburg
Optimal Aging Strategist, M.Ed., ACSM-EP, CDP
Kelly Stranburg is an enthusiastic individual striving to impact quality of life for individuals ages 21 – 101. Stranburg has worked with aging adults for 25 years, with 16 of those specific to the senior living industry. She has a keen ability to analyze and identify needs and gaps within the wellness industry and implement (or create!) solutions for the greater good of residents and employees in senior living.
