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.
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Loading Movement Workshop with Adrian | Learn How to Safely Add Weight (2 mins)
As you build strength and gain confidence in each exercise, keep in mind that high quality movements are more important than the amount of weight you are practicing with. When you are ready to build up to loading movement, there are three components to consider: neutral spine, breathing, and prog...
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Shoulder Checkup with Adrian | Everyday Mobility Class (10 Mins)
When our shoulders are not strong and healthy, everyday movements, such as picking up our keys, washing our hair, or putting away laundry, can be a source of pain. In this class, Adrian introduces you with a series of exercises to help develop and maintain the necessary strength, range of motion,...
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Your Turn | Take Your First Kickboxing Class with Gabriela (37 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 and are 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...
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Learn Kickboxing Stance with Farinaz (4 Mins)
Start by standing with your feet hip width apart before stepping your dominant leg back, turned out naturally. Keep your knees soft, bent slightly, with the majority of your weight on the rear leg. Stay on the ball of your rear foot. Next, relax your shoulders down and make a fist with both hands...
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Restore with Kate | Restorative Weighted Yoga Class (15 Mins)
In this Restore practice with Kate, explore restorative poses with the addition of two weights to add depth and balance, ground your body throughout the sequence, and rejuvenate your muscles and joints. Gain confidence in the flow of this class and then add weight from there, practicing Kate’s un...
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Mellow Moves with Lydia | Self-Massage Yoga Class (30 Mins)
Join Lydia in a gentle yoga class designed to help when you’re feeling sore or tired. This 30-minute practice focuses on your low back, hips, neck, pecs and lats to release tension in your upper body.
Practice anytime during the day, or add it to your pre-bedtime routine to finish your day rest...
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Balance Checkup with Adrian | Everyday Mobility Class (13 Mins)
Balance is a key component of how you move. Training your balance helps improve your posture and the quality of your movements while preventing falls and injuries. As we grow older, we can lose balance function; Adrian has developed this class to help counteract this.
You will begin by rolling o...
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Ballet Arms with Livona | Beginner Dance Class (21 Mins)
Professional ballet & contemporary dancer Livona introduces you to the basic arm movements in classical ballet, known as port de bras. This class begins with a warm up to prepare your upper body before Livona guides you through various port de bras movements. You will learn the correct technique,...
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Mornings with Farinaz | Short & Dynamic Full Body Wake Up Class (2 Mins)
Wake up your inner warrior with Farinaz Lari in this short practice incorporating dynamic stretches and shadow boxing, leaving you ready to take on your day. Even two minutes of movement can leave you feeling powerful and grounded.
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Mornings with Leo | Energizing Adaptive Stretch Class (11 Mins)
Leo leads you through an adaptive stretch class that will wake up your upper body and neck. Move through a series of wrist, shoulder, tricep, neck, and upper back stretches before finishing the class with an energizing Tai Chi breathing exercise. This class can be done from your chair or any seat...
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Weighted Cool Down with Kate | Restorative Yoga Class (5 Mins)
Incorporating a Cool Down practice transitions your body into a state of rest following your movement practice. In this sequence, Kate guides you through restorative poses such as a Bridge, Reclined Butterfly, Reclined Hamstring, Supine Twist, and Savasana. Position your weights intentionally in ...
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How to Work with Weights with Keighty | Choose & Handle Weights (5 Mins)
Keighty guides you through using the weights in her program with confidence, helping you figure you what weight is appropriate for you today, decide what your strength goals are, what household items you can substitute, and how to handle your weight safely.
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Get Balanced Practice with Keighty | Core & Back Strength Class
This practice with Keighty will focus on bringing balance to your muscles and joints. Focus up and engage in a series of back exercises and lateral movements. This class is all about core and back stability, narrowing in on four sets of four movements: Fast Hands, Loaded Rows, Side Lunges, and th...
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NEW | Learn How to Throw a Punch with Rob | Jab Workshop (4 Mins)
Rob breaks down the foundations of the fundamental punch, the Jab. Your Jab is the number one punch in boxing and is thrown with your dominant hand. Learn how to execute your technique properly, defend yourself, and incorporate footwork. This is all about repetition and finding your form, just jab!
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Power Up | Strength & Conditioning Dance Class | Level 1 (30 Mins)
Power Up with Formation Studio is focused on learning foundational movements for form, increasing the intensity, and adding the tempo of the music. This will increase your endurance and coordination for dance and life. This class focuses on four fundamental movement patterns: Hinge, Lunge, Upper ...
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Grapevine with Sylvia | Energizing Low Impact Cardio Class (6 Mins)
Put your to-do list on pause for just six minutes and join Sylvia for a fun movement break. This is a dance-based cardio class built around a classic move, the grapevine! All these moves are low impact, ensuring you get the benefits of raising your heart rate while keeping your joints happy and p...
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Mornings with Kate | Energizing Weighted Yoga Class (5 Mins)
Join Kate Potter in a refreshing 5-minute morning practice to wake up your body and your mind. You’ll practice various floor movements such as Child’s Pose, Plank, Sphinx, Supine Twist, and Downward Dog while using a single weight to engage your muscles and ground each pose of this intentional f...
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Middays with Adrian | Strength Reset Class for the Hips & Glutes (6 Mins)
In this 5-minute Midday practice with Adrian, take some time to revive your body and mind, especially after spending a long stretch of time in a seated posture. Adrian will guide you through two movements, finding depth and space in each position. Start with a stable and strong Half Kneeling Hip ...
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Your Turn | Take Your First Athletic Strength Class with Tarry (33 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 and are 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...
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Squat Workshop with Adrian | How to Squat Safely with Weight (3 Mins)
Begin by standing, feet slightly turned out in comfortable stance. Ground your feet fully into the floor, then lower down into a seated position. Lead with your hips, moving backwards as you pull down. Reach your arms out in front of you, focussing on keeping a neutral spine and activated core. A...
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Sit Foundations Class with Kate (4 Mins)
Knowing how to sit properly is vital to our overall health and wellbeing. This is a very important pose that you can (and should) practice anywhere. It’s a hip opener that’s great for the spine and has a long list of benefits. Good posture will help with lower back pain, prevent headaches, increa...
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Formation Kitchen Dance Party | Beginner-friendly Dance Class (15 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. Don’t be afraid to call yourself a dancer; we are all dancers, and Hannah is here to guide you through each step. Kitchen ...
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Belly Dancing Foundations | Beginner Belly Dancing Class (24 Mins)
This class is all about working on your foundations. You will learn four classic belly dancing moves: the head-slide, the hip-slip, the Egyptian figure-eight, and the Turkish bump. Release your expectations and have fun with learning these new movements. It’s not about perfection but about making...
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Bedtime Tuck with Amanda | Restorative Stretch Class (14 Mins)
This class will prepare you for a good night's sleep. You can even do it from bed – all you need is a pillow and comfy clothing. Follow Amanda through a series of restorative hip openers, forward folds, and twists, all using your pillow as a restorative prop. Gentle movements, long holds, and cal...