Kirby Pines Retirement Community | The Pinecone

• 4 • The Pinecone | January 2021 The Oasis is a great place to begin your new year’s resolution to feel better. Diet, rest, and exercise are keys to better health. Kirby Pines offersmany opportunities to improve strength, endurance, balance and cardio-vascular health. We have exercise classes supported by the Arthritis Foundation include Arthritis Exercise (Stand and Sit) on Tuesday and Thursday at 11:00 on Channel 10 and Water Aerobics. These classes are tailored to your needs and having arthritis is not a requirement to take a class. Yoga Stretch is on Mondays and Wednesdays at 12:45 on Channel 10 and a resident-led class meets three times a week. (See class schedule on this page) If group exercise is not to your preference, the Oasis room at Kirby Pines has an amazing variety of equipment for a small gym to exercise and strengthen upper body, lower body and improve cardiovascular functions. The equipment is disinfected daily and facemasks are required in the gym area. The Oasis is open 7 days a week. Advanced Water Aerobics Monday & Wednesday 8:30 am-9:30 | Pool Exercise in the PAC Monday, Wednesday & Friday 9:30am | PAC/Live TV Yoga Stretch Monday & Wednesday 12:45 pm | PAC/Live TV Men’s Water Aerobics Tuesday & Thursday 8:30 am - 9:15 am | Pool Arthritis Foundation Water Aerobics Tuesday & Thursday 9:30 am - 10:15 am | Pool Arthritis Foundation Sit/Stand Class Tuesday & Thursday 11:00 am - 11:45 am | PAC/Live TV HAPPY NEW YEAR! Walk Around Australia in 2021! Remember to sign up in the Oasis for the Walk around Australia Program we will be offering this month. Last year we walked across Canada and this year we will walk around the continent of Australia... Participants may begin registering January 4th. The program will run from January 11 through March 7 for 8 weeks. Every week, we will track how many miles each participant walks, or completes on the Nu-Step, or treadmill. (Get credit for 1 mile for each exercise class you participate in). If you use your pedometer, on average, 2000 steps equals one mile. Everyone’s mileage will be kept up individually and as a group total to see how far we can walk; pointing out interesting landmarks along Australia’s coastline which runs for 9395 miles. We’ll send postcards along the way and follow our progress on a map. Helpful tips, awards and surprises for everyone will be handed out along the Route. Weekly door prizes and a Grand Prize at the end will be awarded for the most miles. Make plans to join our Walk around Australia Program in 2021. Check out https://worldwalking.org/ and search team “kirby pines“ for more details about our walk. Exercise is a key to a strong and healthy lifestyle, boosting energy levels, lifting spirits, improving balance, enhancing immune system and aiding weight loss programs. With such a variety of exercise options, how could you resist a resolution to visit the Oasis more often in 2021? Mary Hand will be available to assist you in the Oasis for training to use the exercise equipment and for medical issues, call on the competent staff in the Ready for Rehab Center (Kirby Pines’ Physical Therapy Department).