YMCA of Southern Arizona (Tucson, AZ)

Lighthouse/City YMCA Active Older Adults

the Lighthouse Fun Walk is better with friends

The YMCA takes pride in being a place for people of all ages, abilities and incomes. We value each and every member of our community, and older adults are some of our most involved members and participants. We have many activities designed to keep you active and strengthen your spirit, mind and body. New friends and new opportunities enrich your life, and at the Lighthouse YMCA you will have plenty of both!

SilverSneakers
The YMCA of Southern Arizona is proud to partner with SilverSneakers, a fitness program for older adults who belong to participating Medicare health plans or Medicare Supplement carriers. If you qualify for SilverSneakers, your insurance company pays for your YMCA membership! Membership entitles you to complete use of our facilities, including the pool, weight room, cardio rooms and all of our group exercise classes.

There's no reason you can't workout on Halloween Additionally, we offer specific SilverSneakers exercise classes that are designed for active older adults. These classes help you improve your strength, flexibility, balance and overall health. Classes are currently held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 7:00am to 7:50am and 8:00am to 8:50am. We also offer a class on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30am to 11:20am. Additional aerobic classes are available, so for specific class times and descriptions you can view our current Group Exercise Schedule. Even if you are not eligible for SilverSneakers you are still welcome to attend SilverSneakers classes.

Currently, the following supplemental health insurance plans are covering your SilverSneakers membership at the YMCA: AARP Medicare Complete, SecureHorizons, PacifiCare, Health Net, Health Choice and Desert Canyon Community Care. To enroll, fill out the registration forms and bring them (along with your health insurance card) to the YMCA. The forms must be printed in color or the machines at SilverSneakers won't be able to read them. If you come by the branch we'd be glad to provide the forms for you. Bring your registration forms, along with your health insurance card to the YMCA and we'll get you started on the road to health!

Group Exercise Classes
The Lighthouse City YMCA has a wide variety of Group Exercise Classes that are suitable for the Active Older Adult. Our low intensity Cardio Splash Class is a great class for water exercise beginners and folks who have injuries or other conditions that may prevent them from participating in other types of aerobic activity. Yoga is a great class to improve flexibility and strength without causing impact on joints and bones. Download our Group Exercise Calendar for specific class days and times.

Personal Fitness Program
The Lighthouse City YMCA Personal Fitness team offers guidance, motivation, and structure to help you begin and continue with a fitness routine leading to a more physically active lifestyle. When you join, we offer a free orientation to assess your fitness needs and goals, and get you on a program that will be structured specifically for you. Throughout the progression of your routine we will update your personalized program in order to help you meet all of your fitness goals. A 12 week personalized program is included with your membership, and is a great way for Active Older Adults to become familiar with an exercise program and help prevent injuries.

Lamplighters
The Lamplighters at the Lighthouse/City YMCA are a social and service group of active older adults. The Lamplighters get together for potlucks and field trips during the fall, winter and spring months. Potlucks are free and open to Lighthouse/City YMCA members and friends. We have interesting speakers at the monthly potlucks, great food and a potluck door prize! Our field trips are always a blast! We have gone on cookouts to Agua Caliente Park and Mount Lemmon, shopping at the Tanque Verde Swap Meet and discovering area history at the San Xavier Mission and the Arizona Historical Museum. Field trips are the cost of admission for the location and a small transportation fee for the bus. We also host a SilverSneakers Fun Walk as part of our annual 5K Race.

Our upcoming events include:

April 20, 2009	Field Trip	Gaslight Theatre
May 7, 2009	Potluck	BONKO!
May 22, 2009	Field Trip	Arizona Daily Star

SilverStars
This is a program designed to engage active SilverSneakers members to help YMCA staff through volunteering. SilverStars volunteers will greet and encourage members, provide classroom assistance, help with paperwork, make phone calls and offer additional support.

Volunteers are selected based on information gathered from an application that interested members complete. Volunteers are trained by staff and serve for six months with an option to serve additional terms.