This video of 16 minutes aims to take advantage of the time of social distancing imposed by the spread of the new Coronavirus COVID19, and to get athletes to maintain their fitness during their stay at home, where "social distancing" or physical distance is followed, the majority of Sports competitions and gatherings for training in clubs is postponed.

The exercises are provided by a team of fitness coaches in Aspetar, which are easy to apply by professional athletes with previous training experience, while the beginners are required to take medical advice prior to performing the exercises. Athletes could do this by doing different kinds of exercises using body weight, without the need of any gym equipment, which makes it more convenient and easier to apply at home.

The exercises are managed by the Aspetar physical coaches Evlampia Sidiropoulou, Laurent Lassalle, and Gergely Kis.The exercises are divided into four categories, each group targeting different part of the body, core stability and core strengthening, upper body, lower body and full body cardiovascular training.

A full body circuit workout combining exercises from the 4 different categories; Regular training is preferred three to five days a week, for 30-45 minutes per workout .

The training sessions consist of 6 to 8 exercises, with a time of 20-60 seconds with a frequency of 10-12 times during each training, 30-60 seconds recovery between every circle of each training session, as an opportunity to take a break and catch breath while drinking water to avoid dehydration.

Aspetar is accredited by many recognised medical and sports institutions and always educates about preventive measures through many awareness programmes within Aspetar or in institutions and sports clubs, by scientific conferences, and educational lectures targeting medical staff.

Similarly, educational and awareness programmes directed to the public through the media as well as Aspetar’s social media platforms, and by providing advice and evidence-bases studies.

For the public while staying at home they can access two Physical activity live session, that Aspetar will broadcast at its YouTube Channel, one for the beginners physical activity today, Tuesday at 4:00 pm local time and another session for advance physical activity will be  live on Thursday 2^nd April starting at the same time for a duration of one hour .

As an ideal treatment destination for athlete from all over the world, and one of the internationally recognised research centers, Aspetar has produced a series of educational videos and posted them on its official YouTube channel some videos explaining the stages of rehabilitation and treatment of sports injuries, , and also advance fitness exercises.

About Aspetar:

Aspetar is a world leading specialised orthopaedic and sports medicine hospital, and the first of its kind in the Middle East. Since 2007, with a world expert team, the hospital has provided top-level comprehensive medical treatment to all athletes in a state-of-the-art facility that sets new standards internationally.

In 2009, Aspetar was accredited as a “FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence”. In 2013, Aspetar was adopted as a reference collaborator centre by the Gulf Countries Council (GCC) Health Ministers Council and “IOC Research Centre for Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health” in 2014.

In 2015, Aspetar has been recognised as the “IHF Reference Centre for Athlete and Referee Health”.  In 2017, Aspetar was awarded World Health Organization’s Patient Safety Friendly Hospital-Level 3 designation.