I have been delivering dance fitness sessions for the active older adult since 2012, after leaving an extensive career in education, formally I was as a lecturer in Contemporary Dance and then a High School Dance Teacher. While reflecting on the next stage of my career I was introduced to the wonderful world of Zumba Fitness and began to deliver sessions across Manchester. After a while I noticed some of the older participants had stopped attending the sessions. When I caught up with some of them they told me that the high-impact session was affecting their joints. So I decided to train in adapting excercise for the Older Adult and started teaching Zuma Gold Sessions.
As the class attendance began to grow, I noticed there was a nice buzz of friendly chatter before and after the session, people began offering each other lifts and asking after those they have not seen for a while. I soon realised the sessions were more than a fitness class. A community of friends was forming around the fitness sessions and that is how Fiona's Fitness and Friends began.
True friendships can develop when we sociaise outside of the fitness sessions. As a group we can plan and arrange monthly or bi-monthly opportunities to socialise as a together. We can plan guided walk, trips to the Theatre and Cinema, meals out, or invite a guest speaker to discuss a topic of interest. It will be lovely to hear your views and feedback after the events. There is no pressure to attend events but it would great to have you all get involved.