Fitness For Your 50's and Beyond
Not sure where to start? Don't worry — we've created a collection to help you build a new fitness routine at any stage of life. Build confidence, strength, stability, and mobility with these all-levels, modifiable moves. You'll find a variety of disciplines, from strength to kickboxing to mobility to dance, with modifications provided to allow you to practice safely. Take your time as you start out; focus on the feeling and the form of every movement, appreciating the progress you make along the way.
-
NEW | Essential Strength with Amanda | Beginner-Friendly Strength Class (9 Mins)
Welcome to your new go-to strength class! Amanda will prepare you by taking you through her favourite stability warm up, a mix of Pilates, yoga, and functional mobility moves. Now you're ready to build on this strong foundation with a weighted squat and overhead press, and a single arm row. Finis...
-
Functional Core with Adrian | Core-Focused Class (10 Mins)
Three moves, two rounds, one great core class! Adrian guides you through three functional core moves: leg lower, modified side plank, and shoulder taps. These light up your entire core and will make you feel strong, held, and ready to take on your day. If you're looking for a simple core routine ...
-
Strong Arms & Shoulders with Sylvia | Beginner Weights Class (8 Mins)
Show your arms and shoulders some love with Sylvia! You don't need an hour at the gym to feel strong! These simple and effective exercises will work your upper body, and leave you with a pep in your step! You'll learn how to work your biceps, triceps, chest, and shoulders in a safe and effective ...
-
Chair Creativity with Sylvia | Beginner Strength Class (10 Mins)
Pull up a chair and get creative with your workout today! Sylvia guides you through a fun, short, and effective workout that will develop your full-body strength. Using your chair as a prop, you'll work on variations of hip hinge, plank, lunge, tricep dips, and finish off with what might be your ...
-
Chair Boxing with Rob | Full Body Cardio & Mobility Class (9 Mins)
Get in a workout from your chair in under 10 minutes! This class mixes functional mobility stretches to strengthen and lengthen your body, combined with short bouts of shadow boxing. Rob guides you gently through each stretch and boxing technique, allowing you to move at the pace you need today. ...
-
Moves for Longevity with Adrian | Functional Movement Class (25 Mins)
Adrian designed this class with his mother in mind, so she can continue to enjoy an active lifestyle. The focus is on developing core and lower body strength, beginning with a functional warm-up to wake up and mobilize your body before moving into glute bridges, banded toe-taps, and lunges. This ...
-
Strength with Kate | Weighted Yoga Class (23 Mins)
The Strength class with Kate begins with a simple Warm Up practice before moving into strong and balanced standing poses. In this class, you will move through traditional poses in a graceful and creative flow. Feel grounded in your standing position, warming up and opening up your full body, then...
-
Express Core with Sylvia | Core-Focused Class (8 Mins)
Pick up a light weight, whether a dumbbell or a can from your kitchen cupboard, and join Sylvia for a quick core class today! Target your full core with fun new variations like standing dead bugs and side shovels. These moves are functional and accessible. This class is a shot of caffeine for you...
-
Knee Checkup with Adrian | Everyday Mobility Class (15 Mins)
Your knees carry you through your life. They help to support your weight with every step you take. In this class, Adrian takes you through a range of lower body exercises to increase strength, stability, and range of motion. These exercises can help prevent injuries and osteoarthritis in and arou...
-
Evenings with Leo | Restorative Adaptive Stretch Class (9 Mins)
Leo designed this adaptive stretch class to restore and refresh you especially if you have been sitting all day. Move through a series of groin, hip, and shoulder stretches and restorative spinal mobility poses. Leo uses his wheelchair and a foam pad as props during the class, but the exercises c...
-
Upper Body Freedom with Trilby | Movement Class (12 Mins)
Join Trilby for a Pilates-inspired movement class to find freedom and strength in your upper body. This sequence will build your core connection, develop an awareness of the muscles that support your back and shoulders, and increase your mobility. These juicy and effective movements will light up...
-
Strong Back & Chest with Sylvia | Beginner Strength Class (7 Mins)
Feel a newfound confidence and poise with this back and chest workout! Learn simple exercises that will safely develop your strength and mobility. Discover how strength work can be short, fun, and easy to fit into your life. It's about feeling replenished, not exhausted! Sylvia uses a resistance ...
-
Your Turn | Take Your First Movement Class with Jolinka (17 Mins)
In this episode, movement teacher Amanda June Giannakos leads grandmother and retired nurse Jolinka through her first movement class. This class is about exploring how developing new movement patterns can be fun, safe, and creative! You don't need experience to try it — this workout is for everyo...
-
Feel Powerful with Farinaz | Absolute Beginner Kickboxing Class (5 Mins)
Join Susin as Farinaz leads her through her first-ever kickboxing class. You'll learn your kickboxing stance, how to throw punches, and the powerful knee strike! Farinaz will show you how to put them together into a combination, a fun challenge for your mental and physical coordination. This clas...
-
Kitchen Dance Party x NM | Beginner-friendly Dance Class (21 Mins)
Welcome to the Kitchen Dance Party with Hannah from Formation Studio. Designed for beginner dancers, this class will give you all the tools to find your personal dance style. This is a dance party! When Hannah signals to sync your playlist, click play on your Spotify Playlist.
Link to Spotify P...
-
Happy Wrists with Lydia | Wrist-focused Mobility Class (15 Mins)
This class is all about showing tender care to your hands and wrists. Lydia guides you through simple mobility exercises to release tension, increase blood flow, and help prevent injuries or arthritis. You'll begin with a restorative rolling sequence to prepare you to stretch, strengthen, and bea...
-
Your Turn | Take Your First MuayFit Class with Susin (26 Mins)
Your Turn is a new series featuring community members taking a turn at a new form of movement. These classes are a follow-along format designed to be beginner-friendly. If you've ever wanted to try HIIT, kickboxing, or dance but are unsure where to start or if this type of movement is for you, th...
-
Neck & Shoulders Release with Lydia | Restorative Movement Class (22 Mins)
Find release for neck and shoulder tension with this restorative class. Lydia will guide you through a gentle neck stretch and self massage before moving into variations of eagle arms and child pose to find ease in your shoulders. You will finish with a full-body stretch that lets gravity release...
-
Hamstring Flexibility with Amanda | Restorative Yoga Class (11 Mins)
Hamstring tightness is one of the most common problems that students face when beginning a yoga practice. This restorative practice focuses on opening the hamstrings with slow and conscious movements. Bring gentle awareness to the tightness in the backs of the legs, releasing tension with each br...
-
2-Minute Dance Release with Trilby | Dance Cardio Class (2 Mins)
Prioritize playfulness and fun for just two minutes with a little dance party! Trilby leads you through low impact dance moves to shake off stress and add joy to your life. This class is guaranteed to lift your mood, elevate your heart rate, and remind you how fun movement can be!
No equipment r...
-
Core Education with Trilby | How To Practice Pilates Safely (8 Mins)
Trilby guides you through the common mistakes of Pilates and core work so you can feel empowered and safe in your movement practice. She demonstrates how to keep your neck and shoulders safe, how to keep core work out of your lower back, and how to breathe properly, and also provides prenatal mod...
-
Your Turn with Johanna | Upper Body-Focused Mobility Class (12 Mins)
Adrian guides you and Johanna through a functional mobility class to find freedom and ease in your upper body. You'll gently roll out your upper back before moving into a mobility exercise to lubricate the shoulders and find a deep release with an upper body stretch. Adrian also shows you a thera...
-
NEW | Athletic Shoulders with Dom | Functional Mobility Class (5 Mins)
This class is all about building a foundation for healthy, strong shoulders. Dom guides you through functional exercises to mobilize and awaken your upper body. You'll learn how to activate external rotation, lateral moves, shoulder presses, lateral raises, and finish with the "wine pour!" Your s...
-
Release Your Spine with Lydia | Gentle Mobility Class (12 Mins)
Your spinal health is vital to moving with freedom — it is the support structure for your body. This class will give you a new sense of connection to your spine. Lydia guides you through a gentle and intentional series of movements, mostly done on your belly. This can be a vulnerable position to ...