The LifeFit Center @ The Beach opened on October 1, 2012 as California State University, Long Beach’s (CSULB) newest fitness facility. Fitness provides lifelong health and wellness opportunities in a variety of ways. The LifeFit Center aims to be the premier health and fitness facility in the Long Beach area for the age 50+ community. The LifeFit Center aims to provide fresh and complete health, fitness, social, and wellness programming to all of its members; as well as provide education, research, and career development opportunities for CSULB students, faculty, and staff.
Member Benefits:
The LifeFit Center is in partnership with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) on campus at CSULB. Together, OLLI and the LifeFit Center share the same passion for lifelong education, health, and wellness. OLLI is sponsored by the College of Health and Human Services. OLLI is a source of widely varied courses of interest to persons 50 years of age or older. For more information about OLLI, please click here.
ARACELI VELASCO
Araceli Velasco is our employee of the month for August. Araceli has recently transitioned from intern to staff member teaching group fitness. She has effectively transformed into a confident and capable instructor and we are so excited to have her on our team. She has put many practice hours inside and out of the Life Fit Center in order to succeed and we are proud to watch her grow!
The LifeFit Center now has t-shirts for sale for only $10. You can purchase your LifeFit Center t-shirt at the service desk. We have white and black LFC T-Shirts for sale.
The LifeFit Center is now proud to say that it is officially an Exercise is Medicine on Campus facility.
We at the LifeFit Center are making a commitment to uphold and promote these guiding principles of the Exercise is Medicine on Campus (EIMC) Program.
• Exercise and physical activity are important to health and the prevention and treatment of many chronic diseases.
• More should be done in university and college settings to encourage students to establish lifelong exercise and physical activity habits that have the power to significantly improve the quality of students’ lives.
• Support the American College of Sports Medicine’s (ACSM’s) efforts to bring a greater focus on exercise and physical activity in university and college settings.
Greetings LifeFit Center @ The Beach!!!
August is Outdoor Activities Month! We encourage you to set outdoors and enjoy some of your exercise activities in nature!
As an inspirational video, I thought I would share this 1970’s Pepsi Outdoor Activities Commercial with you! This is certainly not my attempt to advertise Pepsi (as I would not condone drinking any soda products), but I thought maybe some of you would see the 1970’s version of yourself in this commercial, and the music is fun! J
Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNdJN3tqVRw
These next two segments come directly from an ACE FitFact Article titled,
“Active Seniors Enjoy Life More”:
Fitness Is Golden
A good exercise program includes cardiovascular exercise, muscular conditioning and flexibility exercises. Start with a light regimen and gradually build up to a total of at least 30 minutes of activity on most, preferably all, days of the week. Playing with children, gardening, dancing and housecleaning are other ways to incorporate activity into your daily routine.
Strengthening exercises such as lifting light weights (or even household items such as canned foods or milk jugs) help to maintain your muscle mass and promote bone health. Since muscle mass is directly related to how many calories your body burns each day, resistance training is important for weight management. Aim to participate in resistance training at least two days per week, making sure to exercise all major muscle groups through a full range of motion.
End each workout with stretching exercises to help maintain your mobility and range of motion and decrease your risk for injury.
A Few Safety Tips
Always remember to keep safety in mind when exercising.
We will be hosting a Reach Your Potential Challenge in August that will involve making positive changes to your body composition – which can certainly be done by including outdoor activities in your workout regime! Please see Heather Mazzei and/or attend the Monday, August 5th Body Composition Lecture for more details.
We are Lawn Bowling on Saturday, August 24th from 11 am – 1:30 pm at the Long Beach Lawn Bowling Club! See Heather Mazzei for more details.
Move More, Live Longer!
In Health,
Ayla Donlin
Director – LifeFit Center @ The Beach
