This is the home for the elderly as the box – every week

"This is the home for the elderly as the box – every week,"

"for The geriatric Hejaklacken in Norrköping and are they working accommodation hard to stay alert. Once a week gather the gang to go on boxing. "

"– We notice that we are getting better and better everyone is so happy afterwards, " says Sarah Hellman, 87. "

"for The geriatric Hejaklacken in Norrköping, lives about 80 people who are good at keeping themselves in shape. Each week they have different activities such as game nights, gymnastics, dance and bingo. "

"But new at the accommodation is their boxningsträffar. In the summer, got to the property a request from the Swedish olympic committee the Mountain and wondered if they could come to visit them. "

"– I got course direct for I think myself that boxing is a lot of fun, " says Mia Törnborg, manager at Hejaklacken. "

"Come on weekly visits."

"since Then, the Swedish olympic committee to come on weekly visits where the residents have got to try on the sport. But now they have begun to take to the actual boxningshallen – where they learn cranking his fists as a professional. "

"– It is a much more enjoyable activity when we go out there. Afterwards, we stop at a little coffee, and swallowed, it they feel really about, "says Mia, and continues:"

" It is important that they get to test on the various forms of exercise for they are vital. In the beginning was the most suspicious and thought, ' this can not I” because it sounds so hard with the boxing. But they are so talented and can do more than what they think. "

"”Teach me blowing to if someone takes the purse”"

"In the beginning was Sarah Hellman, 87, very skeptical of the boxing. But now she has become an experienced boxningsproffs. "

"– When I heard about it first, I didn't think it sounded wise and wondered how in the world it would go to. But I was so curious and thought ”I could teach myself to blowing the nose to someone if it tries to take my purse,” she says. "

"Besides that it's been fun to test on a new exercise experience, Vivianne and her friends that she will become both fitter and stronger box. "

"– the Movements are beneficial, they stretch the body in a way that we don't do in pe. It feels great afterwards. "

"in Addition, it's a real confidence boost. "

"– We notice that we are getting better and better and everyone is so happy afterwards. It is not for nothing that our accommodation is called ”Hejaklacken”, we are tough, "she says, and continues:"

"– All should try this for you will be baffled over how fun it is. "