St. John’s Wellness Programs Featured to Start the New Year
Residents living at St. John’s Meadows and Brickstone by St. John’s wasted no time working towards their 2026 fitness goals.
The New Year’s holiday was a day off for formal exercise classes; although those programs picked right back up on Friday, January 2. Rochester area media outlets stopped by to document the hard work dozens of residents exhibited throughout the morning.
St. John’s Wellness Specialist Josh Lamere told attendees that staying fit should not just be something that starts at the beginning of the year and tails off, but rather a long-term process to build strength and flexibility. “We’re going through the joints to work every single muscle and make sure they’re using core and muscles for balance,” Lamere told WHEC-TV prior to the chair exercise program offered at Hawthorne at St. John’s Meadows. “Because as we age, our joints start to go, our muscles start to deteriorate, so if we can slow that process down a little bit, we’re gonna be a lot better off in the long run.”
St. John’s Meadows Resident and Employee Beth Kosoff, who leads a regular fitness program of her own for fellow independent living residents, told 13WHAM about the benefits of a regular exercise regime. “It gives us energy, and it gives us spirit,” said Kosoff. “It just gets us ready for the day, it’s fantastic to move around.”
Watch all of the coverage:
St. John’s Hosts Indoor Exercise to Beat Winter Blues- WROC
St. John’s Residents Kick Off the Year with Fun and Exercise- WHAM
St. John’s Residents Start Off the Year with Workout Classes- WHEC
