Sit and stand with poles and bands

The fun way to greater strength and better balance

By Shari Greenberg, Fitness Instructor

With passion and purpose, Shari Greenberg brings a fitness strategy to support your lifestyle to each 45-minute class, which is designed to safely guide participants through a total body movement experience.

Each session includes fun activities to build and enhance strength, endurance, balance, agility and posture. While targeted to all levels, those who engage in racquet sports, golf and other activities will also benefit.

Each class begins with a warmup while seated or standing. With a strong focus on balance, Shari integrates both static and dynamic exercises throughout each class session.

Resistance bands are a great way to target upper and lower body to improve strength, flexibility and overall conditioning. Walking poles will be introduced in creative ways, using all directions of movement to allow for increased range of motion. Walking poles help to improve posture, which promotes better balance in motion.

In order to stay functional with less pain and stiffness, we need to move and challenge our heart, muscles, bones and brains.

To remain steady on our feet, it is imperative to do something active every day. Each week you will learn a new movement pattern to practice at home to support and enhance skills learned in class.

After several class sessions, you will begin to notice less pain and stiffness, resulting in greater ease of movement, along with a greater sense of confidence and a bonus of more smiles!

The classes will be held at the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center as follows:

Tuesdays in January (Jan. 2, 9, 16 & 23)

Pole Walking Class, 10:30-11 a.m., $8 per class

Sit/Stand/Poles/Bands, 11:15 a.m.noon, $12 per class

Wednesdays in February (Feb. 7, 14, 21 & 28)

Pole Walking Class, 1-1:30 p.m., $8 per class

Sit/Stand/Poles/Bands, 1:45-2:30 p.m., $12 per class

Wednesdays in March (March 6, 13, 20 & 27)

Pole Walking Class, 1-1:30 p.m., $8 per class

Sit/Stand/Poles/Bands, 1:45-2:30 p.m., $12 per class

Please register at www.jewishnaples. org or use the direct link: https://JFGN. regfox.com/sit-and-stand-with-polesand-bands. Wear sneakers and bring your poles. To encourage good grip and stability, I recommend special Urban Poling poles (different from trekking poles), which I will bring for purchase.

(Prices range from $106-$132)

The Jewish Federation of Greater Naples is co-sponsoring these classes and a portion of the tuition will benefit JFGN.