Push up challenge pulls a big crowd
More than 500 people took part in the Push Up Challenge at Strathclyde Park last week.
The 22 Push Up Challenge has been a viral craze on social media in the past month and it involves participants uploading a video of themselves completing 22 press ups over 22 days.
The challenge started in Michigan to campaign for post traumatic stress disorder.
Mental health experts in Lanarkshire lent their support as Sc o t t i s h participants of the viral Facebook and Twitter campaign took part in a mass outdoor event.
Special guest SAS veteran Colin MacLachlan was joined by staff from North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships to raise over £1500.
The event was organised by Cammy MacLeod and Terry Lowe, who are army veterans.
Cammy said: “We engaged 500 people in health, fitness and wellbeing and achieved a greater knowledge and understanding of post traumatic stress disorder and mental health.
Terry added: “We would like to thank our supporters, sponsors and the staff who turned out to offer information.
“A bleak, dreary morning turned into a bright, sunny day and, thanks to the efforts of all involved, the event has underlined why there is hope for the future.”
Mental health manager Kevin O’Neill said: “The day provided the ideal opportunity for people, no matter their background or vocation, to think about taking care of their own mental health by finding some space from the stresses of life.
“If we wait for this time we often find it never comes, which is why we have to make our own breathing space and exercise is the ideal way of doing that.”
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