By: AMFC Staff
Thirty seconds of intense detective work revealed that Gloria Houle was in fact the cream puff pusher.
But why?!
Celebration made her do it. After 3 years of faithful attendance at group exercise classes at AMFC, she could now reach up and back behind her head with one hand and touch her other hand reaching up behind her back – both hands from either direction! So to mark the occasion she decided to share her delight and treats with her fellow workout buddies.
This is a feat she hadn’t dreamed she’d ever be flexible enough to accomplish when she joined back in May of 2009. Gloria joined AMFC feeling stiff, “decrepit” and not just a little apprehensive about exercising, let alone joining fitness center. But a broken wrist just a few months prior had really knocked her for a loop and a friend encouraged her that she’d feel better if she would join AMFC and start moving with some help. She didn’t think she really had time to exercise, but gave it a try anyway.
Soon, a couple of group exercise classes per week became 3 or 4 and then sometimes 5 visits. Her family was in disbelief because this emerging “athlete” was not the Gloria they all knew. She began with Marcia Jones’ “Strength & Balance” classes because, “That’s what I needed”, she says with a chuckle. Soon she started attending water aerobics on Monday and Wednesday mornings, and Joni’s “Just Stretch” classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays as well as Joann’s Senior Circuit. You can find Gloria at Glenda’s morning Tai Chi and Friday Aqua Chi is her “treat”.
Now Gloria enjoys all of the Center, from the pools to the track to massage and more. She says now she feels much better and much more balanced than she did before joining AMFC. Thank you Gloria for sharing your story with the rest of us – and for the cream puffs!
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