Falls Prevention Exercise Classes

Older adult exercising

Are you age fifty or older? We've designed our 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 Falls Prevention Exercise Classes. Thanks to funding from Ontario Health, they are completely free of charge!

Class details

Level 1 - Light Gentle Fitness (30 minutes)

Our gentlest class will help you complete common tasks that vary in intensity. It is mostly seated with light intensity and weight-bearing exercises. Our class leader is Senior Fitness Instructor Course (SFIC) certified.

Schedule

Friendship Centre: Tuesdays at 11:00 a.m.
Kingsway Lodge: 11:15 a.m.

Level 2 – Light Fitness (45 minutes)

This class will help you complete common tasks that vary in intensity. It includes a seated option with light intensity and weight-bearing exercises and balance component.

Schedule

St. Marys YMCA: Monday at 1:30 p.m. and Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.
Stone Ridge Apartments: Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. (only 30 minutes)
Rotary Apartments: Thursday at 10:00 a.m.

Level 3 – Moderate Fitness (60 minutes)

This class will help you complete tasks with improved mobility and performance. It includes medium intensity, weight-bearing and resistance exercises with balance component.

Schedule

Friendship Centre: Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11:15 a.m.
Kirkton Community Hall: Monday and Wednesday at 10:00 a.m.

Level 4 – Vigorous Fitness (60 minutes)

This class will help you to achieve greater state of physical fitness conditioning. It’s our most vigorous class and includes higher intensity exercises.

Schedule

Friendship Centre: Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9:00 a.m.

Men’s Strength Training (60 minutes)

This class focuses on building muscle endurance through cardiovascular, endurance and muscle strengthening exercises with the guys.

Schedule

Friendship Centre: Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10:00 a.m.

Full schedule

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

How to participate

Preregister online or over the phone

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.

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
Watch for HuronPerth intake on the call display

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.