Locations
Come watch a session and see if you want to join – the price (FREE) – is right and all community members are welcome:
1. The Rail: 200 S. Hanover St, Hummelstown, PA: Tues and Fri 12-1pm (Site leader: Pastor Bryan Hoke). Email smdebock@comcast.net for more info.
2. St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church: 2826 Herr St, Harrisburg: Tues and Thurs 11:30-12:30 (Site Leader: Peggy Monaghan). Email peggyandsteve1@gmail.com for more info.
3. Covenant United Methodist Church: 346 N. Ninth St Lebanon: Tues and Thurs 11-12 (Site Leader: Pat Firestone). Email hfirestone17042@comcast.net for more info.
4. University Fitness Center: 500 University Dr Hershey: Tues and Thurs 12:30-1:00 (Site Leader: Jessica Lawson). Email jlawson@pennstatehealth.psu.edu for more info.
5. Hershey Free Church: 330 Hilltop Rd Hummelstown: Mon and Thurs 11-12 (Site Leader: Pastor Omar Zook)
6. St Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church, 107 E Main St, Schaefferstown. (Site Leader: Delores Lescher) Email dclesher@comcast.net for more info.
7. Hershey Plaza: 215 W. Chocolate Ave. Hershey: Tues and Thurs 1-2 (Site Leaders: Marie & Rob Hersey)
8. Palmyra Senior Center: 101 S. Railroad St. Palmyra: Tues and Thurs 10-11 (Site Leader: Sue Keller)
9. St john UCC: 120 W. Market St. Jonestown: Mon, Wed, Fri 9-10 (Site Leader: Wendy Lingle)
10. Trinity UCC: 200 E. Market St. Hallam: Mon, Wed, Fri 10-11 (Site Leader: June Snyder)
11. Juniper Village: 101 Hearthstone Lane, Lebanon: Mon 2-3; Wed, Fri 11-12 (Site Leader:Tanya Flemming) Email tanya.flemming@junipercommunities.com for more info.
A special thanks to the RAIL Community Center (www.therail.org) in Hummelstown, PA for giving us the space and for the first 30 brave folks who showed up to try this new program. This first group have given us many ideas and suggestions which improved the program and made it what it is today. We could not have done it without them.
We start with a brief warm-up to loosen the shoulders and back and then move into the six exercises. We do 3 sets of 15 repetitions of 6 exercises, with a 60 second break between each set. After the last set, we write down how many repetitions we could do and how hard it was, so we know when to progress to a thicker, and harder, band. Here they are in action…