Fitness and Falls Prevention Exercise Classes

Older adult exercising

Are you age fifty or older? We've designed our Fitness and Falls Prevention Exercise Classes to progressively enhance your physical ability in six key areas:

Balance
Range of motion
Cardio-respiratory
Weight bearing
Resistance
Stretching

Our Certified Fitness Instructors will show you how to alter the intensity of your workout to suit your abilities. Each class uses a variety of equipment.

Exercise for free!

You don't need to have a Friendship Centre membership to take advantage of our Fitness and Falls Prevention Exercise Classes. Thanks to funding from Ontario Health, they are completely free of charge!

Class schedule

Download the full Fitness and Falls Prevention Group Exercise Calendar (Accessible version available upon request.)

How to participate

Preregister online, over the phone or in-person

Online

Set-up an account on our online registration portal, ActiveNet: Visit our registration page for more details.
Add the zero dollar Falls Prevention membership to your cart and "check out".
View our list of Falls Prevention Classes and enroll in your program of choice.

Phone

Call 519-284-3272 Monday to Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 pm.

After you sign-up online or over the phone, the Huron Perth Community Services Coordinator will call you to complete the registration process.

In-person

How to prepare for the call from the Huron Perth Intake Coordinator

Please do the following:

Have health card ready
Schedule about 10-15 minutes
Have updated health records
Have emergency contact names and phone numbers available
HuronPerth intake will be appear on the call display as CSS intake

Know your body and come prepared

There is risk with exercising - Please check with your doctor before enrolling in one of our classes.

Please bring a filled water bottled and wear supportive running shoes.