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I teach on Zoom nearly every day, 7 days a week! Please check out the Schedule of Classes for days, times, Zoom links, and class descriptions.
News for May 2025:
1. Parks & Rec Spring Classes
Spring classes are wrapping up.
Ala Wai classes have ended. But I'm still teaching Zumba Gold at 9am and Interval Strength Training at 10am. We're in the shaded stone circle behind the big room overlooking the Ala Wai Canal. It's a drop in, donation supported class. I'm hoping to go until the end of May. So please drop in! Our last class at McCully is Wednesday, May 15th. The last classes at Makiki are on Friday May 8th and Saturday, May 3rd. I'm trying to get them to let me teach a free Saturday class on the 9th. I'll let you know on the 3rd or you can email me.
2. Parks & Rec Summer Classes
As you know, Summer Fun kicks us out of most of our classes. But this year there are some good alternatives.
Wednesdays at Kaimuki Park:
Zumba Gold at 9am, Interval Strength Training at 10am, Osteo-cise Bone Fitness at. 11am. Yes the class is indoors in a well ventilated room. Park in the neighborhood or municipal lot (75 cents per hour).
The park is at 3521 Waialae Ave. Click to view on Google Maps. I know some of you like to group up and go to lunch after classes. The neighborhood is replete with restaurant options. Classes are limited to 16 people.
Fridays at Makiki Park:
Zumba Gold at 2:30pm and Osteo-Cise at 3:30pm. We're stepping in after Summer fun wraps up. I know the timing isn't ideal but I thought I'd give it a try. If nobody signs up, we won't do the class.
Saturdays at Makiki Park:
Same as the spring - Zumba Gold Toning at 10am, Interval Strength Training at 11am.
Registration is on May 19th for Kaimuki and May 20th for Makiki. I'll send you direct registration links When Kaimuki and Makiki get them up on the Pros.hnl website. All of the sessions are $30 for 10 weeks. Makiki classes start the first week of June. Kaimuki classes start on June 9th. If any of this changes, I'll let you know by email or by screaming "What??" so loud everyone on the island will be able to hear it.
3. AARP on Zoom
I'll be teaching Senior Strong on Zoom for AARP at 9am on May 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th. You can register here. The classes are free and you don't need to be an AARP member to participate. I've been told that these will be the last classes I teach for them for a long time because all of their live events will be for Social Security information. Makes sense! Please note that my regular Zoom classes on Thursdays (Zumba Gold at 10am, Interval Strength Training at 11am) WILL still go on as usual using our regular Zoom room.
4. Regular Zoom Classes
As the Spring in-person classes wind down, I'll be adding a few more classes on Zoom. If you have thoughts about what you'd like to see, please let me know. For now the schedule hasn't changed nor has the link but I'm copying both below just for convenience.
5. Recorded Classes are going out soon. I just recorded Chair Pilates and have to process it to make it available. Do you want more information on getting recorded classes? Email me!
6. Fitness in the News
* 94 year Old has no Health Issues Thanks to Zumba 3 Times a Week
I love this story because this can be all of us in a few decades! Let's keep moving!
* Review of Thousands of Studies Confirms Best Way to Keep Memory Sharp
https://www.sciencealert.com/review-of-thousands-of-studies-confirms-best-way-to-keep-memory-sharp
* 60 is the new 40 - Why Boomers Feel Younger
https://dmnews.com/ain-60-is-the-new-40-7-reasons-boomers-feel-younger-than-their-parents-did-2/
* Why Jumping is Good for Bone Health
*The best Defense Against Microplastics may already be in your produce drawer
https://www.foodandwine.com/anthocyanins-fruits-vegetables-microplastics-11709874
7. Technology News
* Would you believe that 50% of all Internet traffic is not human but bots? Bots (robots) are programs that run around looking for things. That can be done legitimately to build search engines or Artificial Intelligence Large Language Models. There are also bad Bots who look around for things to steal or hack.
* Did you know that AI is often wrong? When AI does something crazy they call it a "hallucination". I recently recertified in CPR/AED/First Aid. There was a 20 question test. AFTER I already scored 100%, I fed the test questions to Google Gemini and Chat GPT. They both gave wrong answers to multiple questions.
Here's something fun to try:
Google Gemini thinks any idiom is real and tries to explain it. If you go to https://gemini.google.com and type
"please explain: Followed by any nonsense you can think of, the results are really funny. Here's the one I tried -
Explain this "A cat's mailbox is never half full". I admit this is a nerdy funny but it cracked me up and we all need to laugh more.
I hope you have a great May!
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