Exercise and Fitness

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I have been using classes via the Long Beach rec and parks or park and rec, whatever it is, lol. They offer multiple senior classes. I go to a 'Gentile Yoga' and 'Senior Fitness'. Both instructors stress that we are to modify and adapt to what we are able to do and not compete with others.

In the Sr Fitness class, it is good music, from The Beatles to salsa style, all over the place. We do about 15 mins of easy hand weights, half hour of aerobics and another 15min of stretching on the floor. The woman that stands in front of me is 90! And another friend in there is in her early 80s. I think the average age must be mid to late 60s. I have low back and knee issues and can do all of it. I love the class. Maybe you can find something like that.

ETA: If you can find classes like this, and you don't like the routines, feel it's too hard etc. Try another class if offered. The first class I went to had a good instructor who eventually retired and we got a new one. She is a nice person but I HATED her workouts. She was way too fast, liked to do what she called 'flash mob' routines. Ugh, all these different choreographed steps and you could never keep up with her. And she never stopped talking during the workouts--counting each step, whoo!!, just chattering away. It drove me nuts. So I found my current class at another senior center through the city and it's awesome. (The only bad days are when the flash mob instructor subs for our regular woman, lol)