Fitness classes keep older adults active
On any Tuesday morning between Memorial Day and Labor Day, the swimming pool at Murphy Park rings with laughter and music. Last Tuesday around 10 a.m., dozens of excited, life-jacketed children from local daycare centers splashed in the wading pool while a long line of pre-teens waited to take a swim test and prove they could safely play without a vest. Meanwhile 40 adults bounced to the beat of a fitness soundtrack as they followed the instructor’s moves in a water aerobics class.
“This event is great because everybody here is going to be laughing all the way through it,” said Gary Brock, who attends the water aerobics classes regularly with wife Susan.
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