Stay Healthy at every age at the Y
Join a community that supports your fitness, health, and well-being goals.
Our Active Older Adult programs are designed to strengthen not only muscles, but the whole person. Whether it’s in the pool, on a walk or at a chair yoga class, our programs welcome seniors into a community and encourage them to achieve and prolong good health.
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AOA- Active Older Adults
AOA- Active Older Adults at South Oakland Family YMCA
An exercise class that promotes increased strength, flexibility, balance and coordination. Class design is specific for seniors and those who wish to ease their way into fitness.
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AOA Stability
AOA Stability at Carls Family YMCA
Get stronger and improve your balance through exercises that strengthen the ankle, kneee, and hip joints, all in a fun and social setting.
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Active Older Adult: Chair Fit Balance and Stretch
Active Older Adult: Chair Fit Balance and Stretch at Downriver Family YMCA
Active Older Adult Chair fit uses a variety of exercises to improve balance and core stabilization as well as flexibility.
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Active Older Adult: Strength and Conditionting
Active Older Adult: Strength and Conditionting at Downriver Family YMCA
Have fun and move to the music through a variety of exercises to improve strength, range of motion, and daily-living skills. You will use hand-held weights, elastic tubing handles and a ball for resistance, and a chair for seated and/or standing support.
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Active Older Adults
Active Older Adults at Birmingham Family YMCA
Don’t let the name fool you, this class is a great way to start your fitness journey at any age! Have fun and move to the music through a variety of exercises to improve strength, range of motion, and daily-living skills. You will use hand-held weights, elastic tubing handles and a ball for resistance, and a chair for seated and/or standing support.
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Chair Yoga
Chair Yoga at Birmingham Family YMCA
Chair yoga will offer an approachable and relaxed class setting for members. All poses and movements will be done in a seated position, and the instructor will focus on breathing, flexibility, and range of motion exercises. The class will encompass mind, body, and spirit and will leave you feeling refreshed for your day ahead!
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Chair Yoga at South Oakland Family YMCA
Move your whole body through a complete series of seated and standing yoga poses. Chair support is offered to safely perform postures to increase flexibility, balance, and range of movement. Restorative breathing exercises and a final relaxation will promote stress reduction and mental clarity. Please bring your own towel and we encourage you to bring your own equipment.
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Circuit Training
Circuit Training at Macomb Family YMCA
A form of body conditioning that involves endurance training, resistance training, high-intensity aerobics, and exercises performed in a timed circuit. It targets strength building and muscular endurance. An exercise “circuit” is one completion of all set exercises in the program. When one circuit is completed, one begins the first exercise again for the next circuit. Traditionally, the time between exercises in circuit training is short and often with rapid movement to the next exercise. Variety of exercise equipment can be used to keep classes interesting and challenging.
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Express Senior Fit
Express Senior Fit at Macomb Family YMCA
Have fun and move to the music through a variety of exercises to improve strength, range of motion, and daily-living skills. You will use hand-held weights, elastic tubing handles and a ball for resistance, and a chair for seated and/or standing support.
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HIIT Circuit Training
HIIT Circuit Training at Macomb Family YMCA
(High Intensity Interval Training) – An enhanced form of interval training, an exercise strategy alternating periods of short intense exercise with mild recovery periods for maximal Caloric Burn. This class is circuit style and participants will rotate from station to station for a variety based workout.
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Move For Better Balance
Move For Better Balance at Macomb Family YMCA
The principles and movements of Tai Chi are used to help older adults increase their strength, improve their balance, and increase their confidence in doing everyday activities. The program protocol consists of a core 8-form routine and a subroutine of eight integrated therapeutic movements forms that have been derived from the traditional 24-form Yang-style of Tai Chi, progressing from easy to more difficult which collectively involve a set of simple, rhythmic Tai Chi-based actions.
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Senior Fitness
Senior Fitness at Macomb Family YMCA
An exercise class that promotes increased strength, flexibility, balance and coordination. Class design is specific for seniors and those who wish to ease their way into fitness.
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Strength and Flexibility
Strength and Flexibility at Birmingham Family YMCA
This class is a low impact class focusing on strengthening and lengthening your muscles, combining stretching with strength exercises to give you a full body workout that will be easy on your joints. For all fitness levels.
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Strength and Sculpt
Strength and Sculpt at Birmingham Family YMCA
Using Pilates inspired movements, this class will target all of your muscle groups using weights and techniques to burn fat, increase muscle and become stronger.
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