It's a bitter time at party headquarters before the election campaign. The electoral lists and the election programme need to be locked down. Party of Estonia Greens has, however, before the bitterest election period, started to recharge its batteries by doing sport and accepting the offer of FitQ. the training challenge "Visad Hinged".
"You have to get in shape somehow," smiled Johanna Maria Tõugu, the party's co-leader. "The Centre Party members are dancing, so we have to accept the training challenge to be even better," Johanna Maria recalled of the final of the dance show.
In addition to Johanna Maria, the Greens team also includes Secretary General Kärt Kalvet, Karen K. Burns and Oliver Rohesalu. The goal of the challenge is to complete a total of 50 training sessions per team over 24 days in a FitQ environment under the guidance of coaches.
What do the new team members hope will change during their days and training sessions?
Karen hopes the training pitch will help her through the darkest season of her life. When the startup company Fyma running, golfing and riding with my daughter, it's the autumn season when you need more energy and motivation from the team and from working together.
Kärd's dream is that the rhythm of the challenge will stay with him after the challenge is over, and once he gets used to the new rhythm of the week, he can continue to play regularly in the new year. "When I was at school I was a very good athlete, but now I can't be satisfied with my activity level. I think there has been a lack of a system to make going to the gym a comfortable part of the daily schedule. We need to find ways to make it as easy as possible to go to the gym," says Kärt.
Oliver rates his current sporting activities as quite good and says he goes to the gym regularly. He hopes to find new tips and workout ideas from the challenge workouts to add to his daily routine. We believe this hope could be fulfilled, as there are both yoga and dance classes coming up, which are certainly not common for everyday gym-goers. And where else to try them but in the comfort of your own home.
We also asked the Greens about Estonians' physical activity in general. While the Nordic countries are at the top of Europe and the world in terms of physical activity, Estonia, a small country right next to them, is more of a strong middle in Europe. What can we do to get our people moving more, like in the Nordic countries?
Karen believes that encouraging physical activity in children plays an important role here. When her children have active classes, it is very sad to hear how a friend's child, who goes to an elite school in Tallinn, is not allowed to go outside during the classes.
Johannagi said that the average Estonian is not nearly active enough and that the design of our living environment does not contribute to this. "Cities are designed for cars and there is little in the way of an environment that invites people to move, although the situation is improving little by little. I can see that creating a greener and healthier environment also has a big role to play in improving physical activity and public health," Johanna was a bit critical.
Karen echoed the same sentiment, "I would really like to see the development of the bicycle infrastructure, so that bicycles are not just a training tool but a normal means of transport - it would help to promote an active lifestyle as a way of life, and probably reduce the health problems, obesity and the resulting costs to the health insurance fund for many people," added the manager, who runs a company that analyses traffic congestion on a daily basis and knows perfectly well how many cars and bicycles are in our traffic.
Access to mobility is essential. Kärt recalls her childhood, when she and her friends were active because sports facilities were close and accessible. "I was fortunate to spend my childhood in an area where there were health trails, a ski slope and a swimming pool, and access to them was always available. The better the accessibility, the easier it is for people to find their way to sport," said the Greens' General Secretary, assessing the prospects for the future.
Oliver stressed the importance of role models: "Overweight and obesity is a big problem and I think we should do a better job of promoting healthy lifestyles in PE lessons as well as at home. The role model of adults is the most important. It is never too early or too late to start." Golden Thoughts.
However, we wish the Green Team success in our challenge and if we do not come first in the Riigikogu elections this time, then at least all the prerequisites for success in the training challenge have been created by registering for the challenge.
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