FITNESS
GET ON YOUR FEET
City offers classes designed to help
older adults remain active
Have you been feeling bored, restless or depressed
since your retirement? It is difficult to switch to a
life of leisure after a lifetime of work, but what you
need to do is get up off that couch, drive down to
the closest community center and join in some of the senior
activities scheduled there.
You aren’t in shape, you say? No problem there. Silver-
Sneakers is here to help. There are classes for breathing exercises
that can be done while seated or standing next to a chair
and there are some higher-level activities available before you
move on to more strenuous classes. There are many options
at the two city-operated fitness centers at Port St. Lucie Civic
Center, east of U.S. 1, and Port St. Lucie Community Center.
Anne Stadius, city fitness coordinator, said all instructors
are SilverSneakers-certified. Prior to the start of the Silver-
Sneakers Yoga stretch class at the community center on >>
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JOHN BIONDO PHOTOS
Participants in the senior fit class at Port St. Lucie Civic Center follow instructor Ute Schwartz as she takes them through warm-up exercises. Robert Crook,
below, spends time on the exercise equipment at the community center gym.
BY PATTIE DURHAM