The Timbers of Shorewood supports and promotes active and healthy senior living. Residents enjoy a convenient on-site fitness center, twice daily fitness and exercise classes and an ongoing educational health series titled, “Quality of Life.”

Health and Fitness Center

• Treadmills
• Recumbent and upright bikes
• Elliptical machine
• More than a dozen resistance machines for strength training
• Pulley strengthening system

Fitness and Exercise Classes for Seniors

Mornings

• Sittercise: 9:30 a.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
  This is a sitting calisthenics class where participants use a chair for support while doing gentle exercises.
• Sittercise Made Easy: 10:15 a.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays

Afternoons

• Yoga: 1 p.m. Wednesdays
  Yoga can increase muscle tone, balance, and strength. It frequently improves mood and counteracts stress.  Participants can expect their posture to improve, and they may sleep better.
• Exercise and Flexibility: 6 p.m. Mondays
  Sheila Wallace, an instructor who specializes in arthritis, leads a sitting exercise class.