Jun 293 min read

Senior Fitness - Enhance Your Quality of Life

Senior couple doing arm exercises and smiling during a fitness class

Discover the Benefits of Senior Fitness

Group sessions offer a unique way for seniors to stay active and healthy in a supportive community setting. It’s motivating to see peers pushing through their workouts and still smiling. Meeting, socializing, and exercising with others makes the journey more enjoyable and encourages consistent attendance. Let’s explore what makes our "Senior Fitness" class special.

What is Senior Fitness and Who’s It For?

Senior Fitness is a comprehensive workout program designed to help seniors improve or maintain their physical fitness levels over time. The program is adapted based on the results of the Senior Fitness Test, which provides valuable guidance and motivation for maintaining consistency in their exercise regimen.

This class is ideal for senior citizens aged 60 and older, catering to beginners and intermediate fitness levels. It’s perfect for those looking to enhance their overall health and quality of life through safe and supervised exercise.

Bryan is a professional, who cares with interest for all of us who go to the fitness center. He makes our activity in the gym more enjoyable. His teachings and guidelines are very accurate and his dedication is total. -Luis Maria Martinez

So, What’s Class Like?

Senior couple lifting weights and staying fit at the gym

Expect a thorough workout that addresses various aspects of physical fitness. Each session is structured to ensure you leave feeling accomplished and revitalized.

Warm-Up: A dynamic warm-up including mobility exercises to improve range of motion in the shoulders, hips, and spine, plus a general warm-up like walking or marching in place to increase circulation and heart rate.

Core and Abs: Lying or adapted seated abdominal exercises to target all muscle groups of the core, including hypopressives to support the transverse abdominus and pelvic floor.

Strength Training: Utilizing equipment like resistance bands, dumbbells, TRX (suspension trainers), body weight, and free weights. Focus is placed on compound exercises that mimic daily activities, as well as isolation exercises to address common weaknesses in seniors.

Cardio: Incorporates walking, step aerobics, agility exercises, and light to no-impact cardio activities.

Cool-Down: Breathing exercises and static stretches to improve posture, breathing, and range of motion in the hips, shoulders, and back.

Benefits of the Class

Grandparents enjoying a day at the beach with their grandchild on a sunny day

Our Senior Fitness class emphasizes strength, cardiovascular endurance, agility, balance, coordination, and flexibility to improve daily living activities. It’s uniquely tailored for senior citizens to not only maintain but also enhance their quality of life through safe and personalized exercise programs.

The Senior Fitness Test allows us to compare each individual’s physical fitness to normative data and track their progress over time. Many past clients have rejuvenated their fitness levels, achieving capabilities similar to those 14 years younger than their actual age. Remember, age is just a number; the better your fitness, the slower you age physically.

On The Horizon

Senior woman smiling and holding a pink yoga mat during a fitness class

Every session in our Senior Fitness class builds upon the last, creating a powerful cumulative effect. This means each workout prepares you for the next, leading to continuous progress and improvement. The social interactions and learning experiences are great for brain health, contributing to overall mental well-being as we age. The goal is to ensure that, as the year progresses, you become stronger, more agile, and more confident in your physical abilities.

Our ultimate aim is to help you maintain and enhance your independence, ensuring you can lead a fulfilling, active life. By staying committed to this program, you will build a healthier lifestyle that supports long-term well-being and allows you to make the most of your time with loved ones. Together, we can embrace aging with strength, agility, and confidence.

The person in charge, Mr. Bryan Rodríguez, monitors, gives instructions, performs exercises with great professionalism and kindness. He controls with great detail the progress in agility, flexibility, speed, etc. A great companion. -Josu Bolunburu

If you have any questions or suggestions or want more information about classes, personal training, or any other services please don't hesitate to contact me.