New Fitness Center Cater To Aging Baby Boomers Analysis

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The article, “New Fitness Centers Cater to Aging Baby Boomers,” discussed that some baby boomers are designing and starting gyms that cater to the 50 years and older population. The gyms play music at a low volume from the ‘40s, ‘50s, and ‘60s to enhance the quieter workout environment. In many of the gyms, the machines are low impact, such as, the cardio machines. Furthermore, many offer some fitness classes in which the attendees can sit while doing these classes. According to the article, a popular senior’s gym called Welcyon have, “no tread-mills and no free weights and workouts are customized to members' levels of fitness.” Some of the gyms do not use treadmills. As an alternative to the treadmills, many of them use recumbent stair steppers and air powered resistance …show more content…
It is nice to see that there are some gyms are specifically designed for 50 years and older. I liked the fact that these gyms were adapting the equipment so, the people whom were 50 years and older would benefit from them. I thought some of the classes such as, yoga, Zumba, seated volleyball and cane fu, sounded like they could be fun at 50 years and older. I know that some fitness classes such as, yoga and Zumba can be hard to keep up with, so it was nice to see that the gyms adjusted and customized them for the 50 years and older population. One thing in the article in which surprised me was, some of the gyms took out the treadmills since, people were falling off of them. I thought that treadmills were pretty user friendly, but, they may not be as user friendly as I originally thought. This may possibly due to, the high step up onto the treadmills and also, many elderly folks have balance issues. Lastly, I thought the low volume music and quieter environment without clinging of weights, was also something that any individual would enjoy, especially older