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American Heart Association
The American Heart Association sets the standard our classes are built to. How long we move, how hard, how we warm up and how we finish — all of it traces back to its guidance for older adults.
Who They Are
The American Heart Association was founded in 1924 by six cardiologists and is now the oldest and largest voluntary organization in the United States devoted to fighting heart disease and stroke. It is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
It funds cardiovascular research, publishes the CPR and emergency cardiovascular care guidelines that hospitals and first responders train on, and issues the public health guidance most clinicians repeat: at least 150 minutes of moderate activity a week, plus Life's Essential 8 — move more, eat better, quit tobacco, sleep well, manage weight, and control cholesterol, blood sugar and blood pressure.
It also runs the community programs people know by name: the Heart Walk, Go Red for Women, and blood pressure education aimed squarely at the communities where high blood pressure does the most damage. The Glades is one of those communities.
What it means here
- 150 minutes a week is the target our schedule is designed to hit — five thirty-minute sessions is not an accident.
- Blood-pressure-friendly programming: real warm-ups, steady breathing, a proper cool-down, and no sudden maximal effort.
- We point members toward heart-health awareness events in the Glades, and turn up to them.
- None of this makes us a medical provider. If your doctor has given you limits, those limits win — bring them to class and we will work inside them.
Founded
1924, by six cardiologists; headquartered in Dallas, Texas
What it does
Funds cardiovascular research, sets the CPR and emergency cardiovascular care guidelines, and publishes public health guidance
The standard we use
At least 150 minutes of moderate activity a week, and Life's Essential 8
Our connection
Our programming follows AHA guidance for older adults, and we support heart-health awareness work across the Glades
Senior Friendly Fitness follows publicly available American Heart Association guidance. We are a fitness provider, not a medical provider, and nothing on this page is medical advice.
Who Else We Work With
Come And See A Class
Every partner on this page leads back to the same thing: a room in the Glades where people are moving. Call and we will tell you when the next one starts.