At MBK Senior Living communities, we believe it’s important to make fitness accessible to all, and we do our best to modify and customize our classes and wellness opportunities so every resident feels, “there is an activity for ME!” Each of our communities offers wide-range of fitness activities and wellness instruction to keep residents fit, flexible and well.
That’s also why, we’re celebrating National Senior Health and Fitness Day (along with more than 100,000 seniors across the country) by promoting the importance of regular physical activity. Understanding and regularly practicing the 5 key components of senior fitness not only helps achieve optimal fitness, it can help you to maintain balance, sleep better, improve moods, manage stress, and releases hormones that stimulate new brain cells and the connection between cells in areas involved with function and memory.
These 5 components are:
- Cardiovascular: repetitive movement with the goal of raising heart and breathing rate
- Strength: movement performed with the goal of making a muscle stronger
- Flexibility and ROM: how far a muscle can stretch and how far a joint can move
- Balance and Fall Prevention: maintaining balance reduces chance for falls and Fall Prevention training improves agility to prevent a fall from a sudden loss of balance or trip
- Holistic: enhancing mind and body connections
Take a moment and ask yourself, “does my current fitness program include all 5 of these components?” As a resident of an MBK community, you have access to two signature programs that encapsulate all these components and so many more – MBK Mind+Body Wellness and MBK Fit.
Building on the substantial body of scientific research illuminating the mind-body connection to health and well-being, our MBK Mind+Body Wellness approach provides residents the opportunity to choose from a number of activities, classes and programs that enrich the whole person - mind, body and spirit. Our diverse and evolving wellness calendars are designed with the specific preferences and needs of the residents living in each of our communities. We are committed to offering one mind/spirit activity, one intellectual activity and one body activity every day of the week to encourage our residents to integrate all aspects of wellness in to their lives on a regular basis.
Our signature MBK Fit program includes a full-time, certified personal trainer who offers one-on-one training as well as leads residents through a variety of classes to encourage wellness, balance and independence. With MBK Fit, you’re guaranteed to find a course you love, whether it be: Senior Kickboxing, Senior Circuit Training, Move’n and Groove’n, Fancy Feet and Fall Free, Seated Yoga, or any of the many other dynamic courses offered.
Whether through taking courses or on your own, there are countless ways that movement improves our lives. From emotional well-being to physical ability, movement is essential to living a joyful and healthy life. In case you need some reasons to move, check out this list of substantial benefits to staying active and on the move.
Movement can:
- Improve stamina and muscle strength
- Foster improvements in overall mood and feelings of well-being
- Help control the joint swelling and pain associated with arthritis
- Help maintain healthy bones, muscles and joints
- Reduce risk of dementia
- Help maintain the ability to live independently
- Improve balance, and reduces the risk of falling and fracturing bones
In MBK communities, we are deeply committed to the health and fitness of our residents, individually and as an entire community. We aim to change the concept of senior fitness to one that is “can do” instead of “can’t do”, that inspires and energizes our residents and caters to their individual interests, ability levels and offers challenging new experiences. Our enthusiastic instructors are powerful motivators and assist each resident to be active with longevity. This powerful program gives our residents opportunities to learn the best exercise techniques for their bodies and have fun while doing it!
In honor of National Senior Fitness and Health month, several of our communities are hosting special fitness events. At The Bellettini in Washington, residents and guests will enjoy a full day of classes, wellness education and games. They’ll kick off the event with healthy smoothies and enjoy menu items from the health-ful Mediterranean diet. At The Commons on Thornton, residents will play a rousing game of Balloon Volleyball, followed by Seated Kickboxing, a Nerf Gun Shooting range, Tai Chi, and Zumba.
Further down the coast at our Reserve at Thousand Oaks community is hosting a street fair to celebrate all the fitness options available at the community. From fitness classes to healthy food and drink, there’s sure to be something for everyone. And, at our Huntington Terrace community, residents and guests will enjoy a wellness class, Polynesian dance class and healthy lunch.
To learn more about MBK Mind+Body Wellness and MBK Fit or to find an MBK community near you, visit MBKseniorliving.com
