NEW YORK—Free tennis lessons, yoga instruction, and fitness walking sessions will be available in 13 city parks for New Yorkers aged 60-plus, starting Sept. 24. The City Parks Foundation program runs through Nov. 2 and all instruction and equipment is provided free of charge. The sessions are an hour long and each runs twice a week.
“This program has a great social aspect to it and is an easy way for participants to meet one another in a low key, supportive, and fun environment,” Mike Silverman, director of sports programming for City Parks Foundation, wrote in an email.
Exercise provides great benefits, including reducing the risk of heart disease and diabetes, and minimizing symptoms of arthritis for all age groups—but these are even more of a concern for seniors, Silverman said.
The program started in 2006 to provide free fitness classes previously unavailable to seniors, and has since taken place twice a year, in the spring and fall.
“The program was started to offer free fitness for this large group of citizens but to also get them out and become interested in the wonderful parks that are right in their neighborhood,” Silverman wrote.
Bronx:
Pelham Bay Park–Tues./Thurs. Yoga at 9 a.m. and Tennis at 10 a.m.
Soundview Park–Mon./Wed. Walking at 9 a.m. and Yoga at 10 a.m.
Van Cortland Park/Woodlawn–Tues./Thurs. Walking at 9 a.m., Mon./Wed. Yoga at 9 a.m.
Brooklyn:
Marine Park–Tues./Thurs. Tennis at 10 a.m., Mon./Wed. Yoga at 9 a.m.
South Oxford Park–Mon./Wed. Yoga at 11 a.m.
Queens:
Astoria Park–Mon./Wed. Tennis at 10 a.m.
Cunningham Park–Tues./Thurs. Tennis at 9 a.m. and Yoga at 10 a.m.
Flushing Meadows Corona Park–Mon./Wed. Tennis at 10 a.m. and Yoga at 11 a.m.
Roy Wilkins Park–Tues./Thurs. Tennis at 10 a.m., Mon./Wed. Yoga at 9 a.m.
Manhattan:
Carl Schurz Park–Tues./Thurs. Walking at 8 a.m. and Yoga at 9 a.m.
Inwood Hill Park–Mon./Wed. Tennis at 10 a.m.
John Jay Park–Tues./Thurs. Yoga at 10:30 a.m.
Staten Island:
Greenbelt Park–Mon./Wed. Yoga at 9 a.m. and Tennis at 10 a.m.
Schedules are subject to change and will be updated at www.CityParksFoundation.org
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