COVID-19 Update

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and concern for participant health and safety, the Maui County Office on Aging suspended in-person Enhance Fitness classes until further notice.

To serve our community, the Maui County Office on Aging and Enhance Fitness team produced a series of exercise videos (Kupuna in Motion Videos) to watch and follow at home.

Kupuna in Motion Videos

Lower Body Strength

Kupuna in Motion #1 includes warm-up, aerobics, aerobic cool-down, balance, lower body strength, and stretching.

 

Core Strength

Kupuna in Motion #2 includes warm-up, aerobics, aerobic cool-down, balance, core strength, and stretching.

 

Upper Body Strength

Kupuna in Motion #3 includes warm-up, aerobics, aerobic cool-down, balance, upper body strength, and stretching.

 

Interval Aerobics & Strength

Kupuna in Motion #4 includes a warm-up, alternating aerobics, and total body strength exercises with weights, balance, and stretch.

 

Chair Aerobics

Kupuna in Motion #5 includes a warm-up, aerobics, and stretching in a chair.

 

Dynamic Posture & Balance

Kupuna in Motion #6 includes some dynamic posture and balance movements.

 

Cardio & Strength

Kupuna in Motion #7 includes a warm-up, aerobics, balance, strength training, and stretching.

 

Cardio & Strength

Kupuna in Motion #8 is a one-hour workout for the active older adult including a warm-up, aerobics, balance, strength, and stretching.

 

Cardio & Strength

Kupuna in Motion #9 is a one-hour workout for the active older adult including a warm-up, aerobics, balance, strength, and stretching.

 

Legal Waiver

Viewers are advised to seek guidance from a medical professional before participating in a new physical activity. Not all exercises are suitable for everyone. As with any exercise program, if at any point during your workout you begin to feel faint, dizzy, or have physical discomfort, you should stop immediately. You are responsible for exercising within your limits and seeking medical advice and attention as appropriate. The Maui County Office on Aging and its affiliates are not responsible for any injuries that result from participating in the exercises shown in this program.

Enhance Fitness

Enhance Fitness is an evidence based, 3 times per week exercise program that helps to improve cardiovascular fitness, strength, flexibility, and balance. This program helps build relationships among participants and creates an exercise environment that is fun and friendly. Moreover, it has been scientifically-tested and has been shown to improve health and reduce healthcare costs among regular participants.

For more information or to enroll in an Enhance Fitness program, please contact Master Trainer Paula Keele at (808) 870-5530 or by email at pkeele@hawaii.rr.com. You may also contact the Maui County Office on Aging’s Wellness Coordinator, Claudette Medeiros, at 808-463-3166 or by email at Claudette.B.Medeiros@mauicounty.gov.

 

Enhance Fitness Class Schedule

Enhance Fitness Class Site	Days	Time
Hale Kupuna O Lanai	Monday, Wednesday, Friday	2:00 p.m.
Hale O Lanakila (Wailuku)	Monday, Wednesday, Friday	10:30 a.m.
Holy Rosary (Paia)	Tuesday, Thursday	9:00 a.m.
Kahului Union Church	Monday, Wednesday, Friday	7:30 a.m.
Kahului Union Church	Monday, Wednesday, Friday	8:45 a.m.
Kahului Union Church	Monday, Wednesday, Friday	10:00 a.m.
Kalama Heights (Kihei)	Monday, Wednesday, Friday	3:00 p.m.
Makawao Hongwanji	Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday	8:30 a.m.
Mayor Hannibal Tavares Community Center	Monday, Tuesday, Thursday	10:30 a.m.
Maui Powerhouse Gym (Kihei)	Monday, Wednesday, Friday	11:15 a.m.
Maui Powerhouse Gym (Kihei)	Monday, Wednesday, Friday	12:45 p.m.
Roselani Place (Kahului)	Monday, Wednesday, Friday	9:00 a.m.
St. Anthony’s Church (Wailuku)	Monday, Wednesday, Thursday	4:30 p.m.
West Maui Senior Center (Kaunoa Lahaina)	Monday, Tuesday, Thursday	4:00 p.m.
Hale Mahaolu Ehiku (Kihei)	Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday	9:30 a.m.

Please note that some classes may have a waitlist.

 

Active Daily Living is an online health platform designed for seniors, family members, and caregivers concerned about the physical safety and mobility of an aging loved one. To sign up and view content that targets Healthy Aging, please click here.

 

Stanford Small-Group Self-Management Programs

Better Choices, Better Health® is an evidence-based 6-week self-management workshop developed and tested by Stanford University.  The workshop does NOT replace prescribed treatment.  Instead, the workshop augments and supports medical-professional recommended treatment plans.  Patients learn skills to help them manage their health conditions and interact with their health care providers. Patients diagnosed with diseases such as diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure, and a variety of other disorders may benefit greatly from this program. In addition to the disorders previously mentioned, Better Choices, Better Health® expanded to include a workshop specific to cancer.

 

Cancer: Thriving and Surviving Program is a workshop offered two and a half hours, once per week, for six weeks, in community settings such as senior centers, churches, libraries and hospitals. Workshops are facilitated by two trained leaders, one or both of whom are peers who are cancer survivors themselves.

            The subjects explained in this program include:

• Techniques to deal with problems such as frustration, fatigue, pain, isolation, poor sleep and living with uncertainty
• Appropriate exercise for regaining and maintaining flexibility, and endurance
• Making decisions about treatment and complementary therapies
• Communicating effectively with family, friends, and health professionals
• Nutrition
• Setting priorities
• Relationships

For more information or to enroll in the Cancer Thriving and Surviving Program, please contact the the Pacific Cancer Foundation at 242-7661.