Our Cantata Fitness Center is designed to help adults over 50 improve strength, balance, flexibility, cardiovascular and aerobic capacity and endurance. In this bright, inviting facility, you'll find specialized equipment and instruction that will contribute significantly to your overall fitness and sense of wellbeing. All types of training are available, including functional fitness, weight loss, balance and flexibility and sports performance training.

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Testimonial from Cathy Colgrass-Edwards

Cathy_Fitness_2_sm.jpgMy name is Cathy Colgrass-Edwards. Currently I am a Village Trustee in Brookfield. Prior to that I was Brookfield's Director of Parks and Recreation. I turned 65 this year so I guess I'm officially a senior now, although I don't feel like it. The job of Trustee is part-time so it leaves me time for myself during the day. I was very conscious about making certain that now that I am retired, I don't want to spend my free time sitting on the couch watching TV.  I knew there were lots of things to do so I just had to go and find out what those things might be.

Through our local newspaper I saw an article about the Fitness Services offered by Cantata Adult Life Services.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that Cantata was actually focusing on people my age.  That impressed me and then the program itself impressed me even more.  It was so different than any other program I had ever participated in before.

The explanation that I received from the fitness trainers as to why these new and different machines were so important made so much sense to me.  I was impressed that Cantata went through all the trouble to invest in this kind of equipment. This is equipment that I have never seen in any other fitness center before.  I enjoy exercising and I don't walk away feeling as though I just ran in a marathon.  I feel refreshed because the equipment can be used in a way that doesn't over exert people when they use it.  We can work at our own pace.

The employees at Cantata Adult Life Services care about people and have shown us just how important it is to have a fitness plan in our lives.  They are hoping to keep us healthy and happy living in our own homes, and do everything they can to help us in that way. 

So, I still don't feel 65 and I'm having a good time doing many different things with my time.  Going to the Cantata Fitness Center is a pleasure.  It doesn't feel as though it's something I should do - it feels like something I want to do.  I enjoy seeing all the people - from the staff and trainers, to the new people I have met who have also joined this program.  I have learned that we all have something in common no matter how old we are - we need to stay active and not just by going places but also by spending some time exercising and this is a fun way to do it. 

I really encourage people of all ages to consider this program - this is a program for everyone - young and old.  It can be modified to fit everyone's needs.