What is SilverSneakers?

As a UPMC for Life member, you have access to SilverSneakers^® at no additional cost. SilverSneakers is more than a traditional fitness program. It’s a way to improve your health and live the life you want. SilverSneakers partners with local gyms and fitness centers to provide no-cost fitness memberships to members. Members also have access to thousands of online exercise classes designed specifically for seniors.

Benefits of SilverSneakers for seniors

As you age, your body goes through physical changes. Regular physical activity can help keep your heart, muscles, joints, and bones healthy. Most SilverSneakers members rate their health from good to excellent and say their quality of life has improved since starting the program. SilverSneakers offers many different types of exercise classes, including ones that focus on these areas for improving senior health and wellness.

Stamina:

SilverSneakers encourages you to participate in regular aerobic and cardiovascular activities. These types of exercises get your heart rate up and increase your breathing. Over time, this improves stamina by making your heart stronger and boosting lung capacity. This means you will be able to enjoy your favorite activities without getting tired as quickly. It can also help you maintain strong bones and a healthy weight, improve insulin levels, and decrease stress.

Strength:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that seniors supplement aerobic activity with strength training at least twice a week. This can help keep bones and muscles strong, boost mobility, improve balance to prevent falls, and help you perform everyday tasks more easily. SilverSneakers offers many strength training classes for all skill and ability levels.

Flexibility:

Increasing flexibility improves your range of motion to help you move more freely and reduce pain and stiffness from tight muscles. SilverSneakers has many stretching videos for seniors that can be done while standing, on the floor, or in a chair. They also give tips to make stretching easier and instructions to make sure stretches are done safely.

Balance:

As we age, our risk of falling and getting injured increases. This is because our body’s system that maintains balance weakens as we get older. Also, many seniors have health issues or take medications that can cause muscle weakness, unstable joints, and dizziness. SilverSneakers has many classes, including yoga and balancing exercises, that help improve balance and build muscle. Better balance means that you are less likely to fall and can move around with more confidence.

With the SilverSneakers health and wellness program, UPMC for Life members get unlimited gym memberships to local participating fitness facilities at no additional cost:

Stay active with these membership benefits (where available)

A nationwide network of participating locations1, with group fitness classes2 at select locations
Voucher for one FREE 30-minute personal training session per year at a participating fitness facility
SilverSneakers LIVE online classes and workshops taught seven days a week by instructors specially trained in senior fitneSilverSneakers On-Demand library with 200+ online workout videos
SilverSneakers On-Demand library with 200+ online workout videos
SilverSneakers GO app with digital workout programs
SilverSneakers community classes offered in neighborhood locations outside of the gym

Learn more about these benefits on the SilverSneakers website.

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