Older Adults - Greenbrier Family YMCA - YMCA of South Hampton Roads

The YMCA Older Adults programs are designed to enrich the lives of people who are in their middle and older years by helping them develop skills to meet life's challenges. Older adults can stay active and healthy by participating in both physical and social activities. At the YMCA, older adults have a place to go to improve their fitness levels, explore new interests and make new friends!

Activities Include:

GoldQuest— personalized wellness program for adults over 55 years
Active Older Adult Classes
Interactive Zone

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Adult Basketball
Days: Tues, Thurs Time: 8:00 pm - 9:50 pm		Join an adult pick up game of basketball on Tuesday and Thursday nights. Get a great workout and make new friends. Free with membership; no registration required. Schedule subject to change.

Adult Volleyball
Days: Sun Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm		Join an adult pickup game of volleyball on Sunday mornings. Get a great workout and make new friends. Free with membership; no registration required. Schedule subject to change.

Aquafit
Days: Mon, Wed, Fri Time: 8:00 am - 9:00 am		A challenging aerobic water workout. Use of aquasteps, noodles and rubber bands that enhance conditioning and toning throughout the excercise class. You do not have to be able to swim to benefit from this class.

Aquafit
Days: Tues, Thurs Time: 8:30 am - 9:30 am		A challenging aerobic water workout. Use of aquasteps, noodles and rubber bands that enhance conditioning and toning throughout the excercise class. You do not have to be able to swim to benefit from this class.

Aquajog
Days: Mon, Wed, Fri Time: 9:00 am - 10:00 am		A popular class to challenge the upper and lower body while conditioning and toning at the same time. Need to be comfortable in deep water while wearing a float belt.

Aquajog
Days: Sat Time: 8:05 am - 9:05 am		A popular class to challenge the upper and lower body while conditioning and toning at the same time. Need to be comfortable in deep water while wearing a float belt.

AquaJog
Days: Mon, Wed Time: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm		A popular class to challenge the upper and lower body while conditioning and toning at the same time. Need to be comfortable in deep water while wearing a float belt.

Aquatic Arthritis
Days: Mon, Wed, Fri Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am		This class is taught using Arthritis Foundations guidelines. The water's natural buoyancy and continuous resistance improves joint flexibility and muscle strength. This class is low impact and is held in the shallow end of the pool.

Combo- Shallow water
Days: Wed Time: 5:30 pm - 6:20 pm		A combination water aerobics class in the shallow and deep end of the pool. Challenge your upper and lower body while conditioning and toning at the same time. Use aquasteps, noodles, and rubber bands. Need to be comfortable in the deep water while wearing a float belt.

Combo-Deep and Shallow Water
Days: Mon, Wed, Fri Time: 11:30 am - 12:30 pm		A combination water aerobics class in the shallow and deep end of the pool. Challenge your upper and lower body while conditioning and toning at the same time. Use aquasteps, noodles, and rubber bands. Need to be comfortable in the deep water while wearing a float belt.

Combo-Deep Water
Days: Mon Time: 5:30 pm - 6:20 pm		A combination water aerobics class in the shallow and deep end of the pool. Challenge your upper and lower body while conditioning and toning at the same time. Use aquasteps, noodles, and rubber bands. Need to be comfortable in the deep water while wearing a float belt.

Finning
Days: Tues, Thurs Time: 10:15 am - 11:00 am		This class will use the full length of the pool in a fantastic workout to burn calories and tone muscles. Fins create resistance against the water so more load is put on the major muscles of the leg which increases the heart rate and burns more calories. You will need to be comfortable in the deep water.

Get up & Move
Days: Tues Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am		This active class will get you out of the chair and moving your feet. Slow controlled low impact aerobic movements along with strength buidling excercises. Chair options will be shown.

Interactive Zone
Days: Weekdays Time: 4:00 pm - 8:00 am		New interactive equipment offers members an exhilarating, full-body workout while playing video games! More than just a computer that makes you sweat, the equipment offers something for everyone from simulated interaction training for athletes, to keeping youth and teens active and excited about fitness, to mental and physical coordination excercises for older adults and rehabilitation patients.

Interactive Zone
Days: Sat Time: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm		New interactive equipment offers members an exhilarating, full-body workout while playing video games! More than just a computer that makes you sweat, the equipment offers something for everyone from simulated interaction training for athletes, to keeping youth and teens active and excited about fitness, to mental and physical coordination excercises for older adults and rehabilitation patients.

Interactive Zone
Days: Sun Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm		New interactive equipment offers members an exhilarating, full-body workout while playing video games! More than just a computer that makes you sweat, the equipment offers something for everyone from simulated interaction training for athletes, to keeping youth and teens active and excited about fitness, to mental and physical coordination excercises for older adults and rehabilitation patients.

Lap Swim
Days: Weekdays Time: 5:00 am - 9:45 pm		At least one lap lane is available the entire time the YMCA is open. Members may need to share this lane. Best times for lap swim are Monday-Friday from 6am-8am and from 12pm-4:30pm. Pools will be closed during thunder and lightening. Please call when storms are in the area.

Lap Swim
Days: Sat Time: 8:00 am - 6:30 pm		At least one lap lane is available the entire time the YMCA is open. Members may need to share this lane. Best times for lap swim are Monday-Friday from 6am-8am and from 12pm-4:30pm. Pools will be closed during thunder and lightening. Please call when storms are in the area.

Lap Swim
Days: Sun Time: 11:00 am - 6:30 pm		At least one lap lane is available the entire time the YMCA is open. Members may need to share this lane. Best times for lap swim are Monday-Friday from 6am-8am and from 12pm-4:30pm. Pools will be closed during thunder and lightening. Please call when storms are in the area.

Open Swim
Days: Mon, Wed, Fri Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm		Time at the pool for individuals and families for open swim or excercise swim. Lifeguards will check the swimming ability of each child in the pool. Children 9 and under need to be accompanied by an adult in the pool at all times. Children 10 and up may come to the pool by themselves as long as an adult is in the buidling with them. The Dolphin Slide is available on Friday night from 7:30-9pm, Saturday from 1pm-4pm, and Sunday from 1pm-4pm. Pools will be closed during thunder and lightening. Please call when storms are in the area.

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