At Oriam we have a thriving walking sports community, with regular training sessions for both walking football and walking netball!

One of the regular walking football members has created a poem about the group and wanted to share it with everyone. The group are passing the time in good spirits whilst they wait for their sessions to restart. 

Walking Fitba by Thomson (Thomo) Bruce

Every week we gather in Oriam to play
Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 12.30 midday
Walking Football , a part of the beautiful game
We have all ages, but we are all the same
To kick a ba’ again is something special
Our aim not to burst a blooming blood vessel

Three touches o’ the ba’ is all yer allowed
Otherwise yer goal could be disallowed
And woe betide ye if ye run
Cos Ewan will be waiting with a smoking gun
Dwell on the ball and it could be fatal 
Big Bruce will get ye, he’s a wee bit unstable  (only kidding Bruce)

I must mention Jimmy Dyce, aff the park he’s quite nice
But make a mistake and you pay the price
Jimmy’s mistakes are awfy rare
But you make wan then its the death stare 
Willie Lumsden on the ball pirouetting all game
And his pal Dougie, they are just the same
Davie Walkinshaw striker supreme, quite fast
But dinnae ask him fur a pass

So many players too many to mention
Most of them are drawing their pension
If there’s no mention don’t take offence
You are all valued players of influence

So 12 weeks we have to wait for another game
It’s this coronavirus we have to blame
God knows what our fitness will be like
Have to get on those exercise bikes
Meanwhile 12 weeks of Whatsapp to entertain
Canne wait tae get back tae the Fitba again

We want to hear from you too! If you have any ideas or achievements you would like to share with us then get in touch. Use the #OurOriam hashtag or tag us @OriamScotland on social media. Alternatively you can email us at membership@oriam.hw.ac.uk

Oriam at it’s core, aims to inspire and support our communities in sport, health & fitness and we won’t let a lockdown get in the way! Whilst our facilities are temporarily closed we will continue to provide a range of resources online to help our members and wider community stay active and healthy.

Daily Workouts

In partnership with Technogym we can now offer daily home workouts available on our My Wellness App We have over a month’s worth of new workouts ready to go and the day’s workout can be accessed anytime via the app!

Our daily workouts:

All workouts require little to no equipment, designed to do at home.

3 different difficulty levels – Easy, Medium and Pro

Scheduled on a 4 day rotation – 4 days Easy, 4 days Medium, 4 days Pro

Each workout includes between 4 – 8 exercises and lasts between 20 – 40 minutes

How do I access the daily Workouts?

If you’re unsure of where to find the new daily workouts here’s a quick guide. If you have used the app at Oriam already, skip to step 6.

On your devise go to your app store (apple app store, google play store etc)

In the search bar type ‘my wellness’, it should appear as one of the top results.

Select the app and download.

Once Downloaded, open the app and it will prompt you to create an account. You can also create or edit an account online here

Add in your details and select Oriam as your venue/location.

On your home tab the daily workout should appear at the top. There are plenty of other workout plans and you can even create your own too! Once you set Oriam as your location you will have access to a wide range of workout options and you can link up many other fitness trackers or apps too.

We want to hear from you too! If you have any ideas or achievements you would like to share with us then get in touch. Use the #OurOriam hashtag or tag us @OriamScotland on social media. Alternatively you can email us at membership@oriam.hw.ac.uk