There is a fitness class at the church on Tuesday mornings, and it is one of the most useful things this place does.
It runs from 11:00 to 11:30 AM in Fellowship Hall at 3330 Skyview Dr. It is designed to help older adults build strength, maintain mobility and stay active. It is free. You do not have to be a member of this church. You do not have to belong to any church. You just have to be able to get to Fellowship Hall on a Tuesday morning.
What the class actually is
Half an hour of exercise, mostly seated, mostly with light weights or resistance bands. Exercises can be modified for different mobility levels, and you work at your own pace. You can sit down for any of it. Nobody is going to ask you to get on the floor.
The class runs alongside the rest of the church's Tuesday ministries, and on a Tuesday morning there is usually a hum of activity in the building, which is its own kind of encouragement.
Who it is for
Anyone older in the community. Most people who keep coming came the first time with somebody they knew, so bring a friend. A neighbor, a sister, a person from your prayer group, anyone who has been meaning to get moving and has not gotten around to it yet.
If you are in your seventies or eighties and you have not lifted anything heavier than a grocery bag in a while, this is exactly the class you are looking for. The work is light on purpose. The point is to keep doing the things you already do, and to do them with less pain.
Do you need to sign up?
No. You can just turn up on a Tuesday. Wear whatever you can move in. Bring water. If you have a resistance band at home, bring it, but there are spares at the church if you do not.
If you want to ask before you come the first time, send us a message and we will have somebody get back to you.
Where the church is
3330 Skyview Dr, Lakeland, FL 33801. Parking at the church is free. Come a few minutes before eleven so you can find a space, walk in, and let somebody at the door point you to Fellowship Hall.
The full week of what this church does, including the food pantry on Wednesdays and the Impact-27 Circle on Tuesday evenings, is on the community page.