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32 | Four Seasons Hemet Herald | FEBRUARY 2025 | Strength training is incredibly benecial for women over 60. It helps maintain muscle mass, bone density, balance, and overall well-being. Here's what you need to know: Can a Woman Build Muscle Aer 60? Absolutely! While age-related muscle loss (sarcopenia) is real, it's not irreversible. Strength training can help you gain muscle mass even in your golden years. e right combination of strength training and holistic health can make a signicant dierence. Why Strength Training is Important for Older Adults: Maintain Bone Density: Women are susceptible to bone loss aer age 30. Strength training exposes your bones to mechanical load, helping maintain or increase bone mass and density. SASY is strength training only with 15 exercises for arms, legs and torso. e class is free. We meet in e Lodge Ballroom at 8:30 am every Tuesday and ursday. We are a fun social group. If you have questions regarding this class, please call Jeanne Lincoln at (951) 765-7112 or Char Weakley at (951) 926-2599. Strong Adults Stay Young (SASY) BALANCE & STABILITY: is chair-based class is designed to improve balance and stability in everyday life. ese exercises are great for fall prevention. We will focus on the muscles used for bending, reaching, liing, leaning, and getting back up. ere will be short intervals of balance and coordination exercises. We will also focus on range of motion, exibility, and deep stretching. Participants will work and their own pace and comfort level 1-2-3-pound weights will be optional. CARDIO CIRCUIT: is class is taught by our certied instructor and will oer cardio conditioning and functional strengthening. e class consists of light cardio conditioning, strength circuits with light weights (two to ve pounds), balance drills, and followed up with a soothing stretch. Chair options are given. YOGA BALANCE: is class will focus on balance, stability, core strength, and deep stretching. You will ow through a variety of poses led by our certied instructor. She will guide you through the practice oering modications and plenty of chair options. ZUMBA GOLD: is is a low impact, high energy dance tness class. It consists of easy-to-follow dance routines mixed with low impact exercises. is class will get your heart rate up. You can freestyle or modify as needed, just enjoy the music, and keep moving. ere will be a fun variety of music and dances. Come dance to salsa, merengue, cumbia, cha-cha, oldies, country, pop, and more. Burn tons of calories and have fun doing it. All the aforementioned classes are covered by Silver Sneakers, Silver and Fit, Active and Fit, Renew Active, and Peer Fit. Contact your insurance company to see if they oer any of these tness benets. You can purchase a punch card for $30 for 10 classes or pay just $3 per class. Classes are instructed by Shannon Ramsey, Certied Fitness Instructor, (951) 315-3889 or slramsey11@ gmail.com. Certications include: AFAA(group tness, personal training and yoga specialty training), AEA, Silver Sneakers, Zumba Gold, Aqua Zumba, Spin, CPR-First Aid. Exercise with a Certified Fitness Instructor Line Dance is a form of exercise but it is also a very social fun way to get a workout. It also improves your mind because each dance has a dierent pattern that you learn. It helps with memory, balance and agility. e best part is that it's all done to music and not just country music. We have dances to all kinds of music - Pop - Latin - Motown. We do cha-cha, mambo, waltz and more. Have you ever come to Music on the Plaza and wished that you could join us on the dance oor? We would love to have you join us. No experience is necessary. We will teach you our dances. Even if you think that you have two le feet - you can line dance. We can simplify the steps that are too dicult for you to do in the beginning. It takes practice but we will work with anyone. It's fun and free. We meet in the Ballroom every Tuesday aernoon. We start with the easiest dances at 2:30 pm and move on to harder dances as the class progresses. We hope to see you on the dance oor soon. Line Dance

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