The right type of muscle training helps maintain functional ability. The Fitness Center at Episcopal Homes features HUR Equipment with Smart Card Technology to support you in your fitness goals.
When it comes to older adults, muscular strength is directly connected to functional ability, balance control and independent management of everyday activity.
Our Equipment:
HUR’s Health and fitness strength equipment was designed in cooperation with different universities and leading physiology and biomechanics experts. This pneumatic air-resistance technology allows older adults to safely build their “Functional Fitness” by increasing and maintaining their ROM, re-educate and strengthen muscles, increase static and dynamic endurance and increase bone density.
A CPT (Certified Personal Trainer) is available daily to help you as you need.
- HUR Smart Card equipment that tracks individual progress
- Cardiovascular Equipment; Nu-Step, Treadmill, Cycling Bicycle
- Weighted Dumbbells / Kettlebells
- Resistance Bands
- Yoga Mats
- And much more
If you do not reside at Episcopal Homes’ senior housing in Minneapolis or one of our other locations, and you are 55+; reach out for information on how to belong to our Speciality Wellness Center.
Active Living programming is funded by the generosity of donors to Episcopal Homes Foundation.
In the words of Walter M. Bortz, II, MD, “Longevity is neither an accident nor an isolated phenomenon. It is a product of specific healthy behaviors, a direct consequence of health maintenance.”
Anthony Munkholm, Personal Trainer
651-272-4929
amunkholm@episcopalhomes.org