Exercise

• FBC Fitness at First Baptist Church, 2350 Central Ave, Hot Springs, AR 71901. Call 501-6243345 Contact: Amy Johnson. Full-service gym open to the community. Silver Sneakers, Silver and Fit, strength training, Zumba Gold, walking track, weight room, more than 40 classes a week. Senior discounts. Friendly atmosphere; open to the public.

• Hot Springs Family YMCA,

130 Werner St. Hot Springs, AR

71913. Call 501-623-8803. Charitable Christian association dedicated to helping individuals achieve their God-given potential spiritually, mentally and physically. Programs for senior adults include aerobics, water exercise, line dancing and weight training.

• Hot Springs Sports Medicine, Westgate Plaza 2278B, Albert Pike Road, Hot Springs, AR

71913. Call 501-767-0808. Twenty-four hour fitness center.

• Jazzercise Hot Springs, 2230 Malvern Ave. Call 501-617-9280.

Senior discounts available. We offer light classes — unintimidating, less-strenuous aerobic dance classes with a modified strength training section. No mats needed. These classes are offered Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 9:20 a.m. We also offer low classes — get all the pulse-pounding, body-pumping intensity without the hop. Use your muscles, not your momentum, to get a killer core workout. Rock it out with dance-based cardio and strength training for total body transformation. These classes are offered Tuesday and Thursday at 9:20 a.m. and Monday and Wednesday at 6:35 p.m.

• Oaklawn Center on Aging,

210 Woodbine, Hot Springs, AR

71901. Call 501-623-0020, office. Contact: Kathy Packard, director of education.

Oaklawn Center on Aging (OCOA), offers free exercise classes; Tai Chi, Zumba Gold and Drums Alive to the Garland County community. Tai Chi is an evidenced based exercise based on nature. The gentle flowing movements strengthen the body and improve mental and physical balance and flexibility. Regular practice of tai chi improves chronic conditions, such as arthritis, high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease. Tai chi also helps to make your immune system stronger, reduces stress, increases energy and enhances self-esteem. Dr. Paul Lam says, “those who practice tai chi become like a tree or river, calm on the outside, but full of internal strength, capable of withstanding whatever life may throw their way.” Zumba Gold is an exercise class dancing to Latin music. You will have fun working up a sweat while getting your cardiovascular workout! Drums Alive is an exercise program using drum sticks, a cushioned surface and fun music. The goal of drums alive is to improve the participants’ lives physically and psychologically through a unique sensorimotor drumming program involving drum sticks, an exercise ball and music. The primary goal of the Drums Alive program is creating a “whole mind, whole body” experience for all participating. Certified instructors lead these programs and all three of these exercise programs can be adjusted to meet the need of the individual participant. To get our schedule of exercise classes, call Oaklawn Center on Aging, 501-623-0020.

• Personalized Fitness High Intensity Training, 450 Broadway Hot Springs, AR 71901. Call

501-318 FLEX (3539). Contact: Joe Husky, medical exercise specialist.

Celebrating more than 18 years in business. Call to set up a free consultation and learn about the many programs offered. Offers personal training, spinal fitness, Pilates, and self-defense.

• Quapaw Community Center, 500 Quapaw Hot Springs, AR

71901. Call 501-623-9922. The Quapaw Community Center has numerous classes and activities to offer all ages. We also have one of the “hottest” indoor pools in town. We are a “Silver Sneaker” and “Silver Fit” approved site and offer discounted membership rates to seniors 62 years of age and over. Areobics class: sit and tone is offered at 10 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Yoga is offered at 10:30 a.m. Mondays, 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 11 a.m. Saturdays. Water aerobics is 9 a.m. Monday-Friday. Water workout is 10 a.m. Monday-Friday and 5:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. Aqua Arthritis is 1 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Classic exercise is 8 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday. Line dancing is at 11 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday. Beginning and advance clogging starts at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday. Bingo starts at noon every Tuesday and Thursday. Several rooms are available for party or event rental. Look in the daily notebook section of The Sentinel-Record for new activities that may be added and see us on Facebook at Quapaw Community Center.