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Exercise programs

Counterpart has two exercise program options, Stepping Into Wellness and Feel Good.

Stepping into Wellness (heading)

Stepping into Wellness is a free six-week gentle exercise program for women who have experienced breast or a gynaecological cancer. The program supports to experience a range of exercise types in a safe, supportive environment. Stepping into Wellness programs are run in different areas around Melbourne and assist women to find ways to continue to exercise in their local communities.

All our programs are led by qualified and experienced fitness instructors.

Upcoming programs are listed below. Please call 1300 781 500 or email info@counterpart.org.au to register and get an enrolment form.

Cranbourne

The program will run weekly from
Monday 13 May to Monday 24 June 2019
(no class 10 June), 1.30pm–3.00pm.

Registrations close Monday 6 May 2019.

Heidelberg

The program will run weekly from
Wednesday 15 May to Wednesday 19 June 2019,
10.30am–12.00pm.

Registrations close Wednesday 8 May 2019.

Craigieburn

The program will run weekly from
Wednesday 14 August to Wednesday 18 September 2019,
1.30pm–3.00pm.

Registrations close Wednesday 7 August 2019.

Chirnside Park

The program will run weekly from
Thursday 15 August to Thursday 19 September 2019,
1.30pm–3.00pm.

Registrations close Thursday 8 August 2019.

Stepping into Wellness is made possible through the generosity of Pink Affair.

Feel Good gentle exercise (heading).

Our Feel Good program has been running for over 15 years, helping women to improve and maintain tone and flexibility, rebuild trust in their body after cancer treatments and connect with other women who have experienced cancer.

Feel Good is for women of all ages and fitness levels. The program is led by a qualified instructor who has experienced cancer herself. We hold sessions in a Melbourne CBD gym, fortnightly on Wednesdays, 10.30–11.30am. Join the program at any time and participate for as long as you need.

Sessions are free, but you need to complete an enrolment form. Please contact the Resource Centre for on 1300 781 500.

Testimonial

I was in need of a feeling of 'returning to normal' of taking part in some organised exercise program that was designed for women following surgery. The Feel Good program was exactly what i was looking for. I would hate to miss a session.
Valerie, Feel Good Participant
I started just after I’d had radiotherapy and I can remember my first session. We had to do some stretching; lifting up our arms and of course after the surgery, one of my arms was very stiff. So I put my arms up and one was at least 6 inches shorter that the other, in terms of the stretch. I looked around the room and a lot of the other women had their arms fully extended and I thought, ‘It’s me’ and I started crying. Then Judy, who’s just fantastic, the instructor, came over and said, ‘Don’t worry, you’re going to be stretching fully in three months time or I’ll have something to say’. She made us laugh and that was the best medicine of all.
Pam, Feel Good Participant