Fitness class draws local seniors

  • Local senior citizens prepare to perform flexibility exercises in the Columbus Hospitality Center, 516 N. Kansas. Each attendee uses the pictured balls, weights, stretch bands, and chairs to assist with their twice-weekly workout regiment. Pat Niggemann serves as the group’s leader. Photo by Jacob Spencer.
    Local senior citizens prepare to perform flexibility exercises in the Columbus Hospitality Center, 516 N. Kansas. Each attendee uses the pictured balls, weights, stretch bands, and chairs to assist with their twice-weekly workout regiment. Pat Niggemann serves as the group’s leader. Photo by Jacob Spencer.
    A small group of senior citizens gathered together again to get their exercise in. The Hospitality Center at 516 N. Kansas hosts a small recreation room for the activity. Averaging around ten to fifteen members a session, the attendees meet every Monday and Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. Many report that they find the workouts help with some of the stresses of old age, such as arthritis, flexibil...

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