Buena Health Fitness Center opened its doors on March 3, 1980. We are located in the Sunshine Plaza on Highway 92 next to the Uptown 3 movie theaters, approximately four miles south of Fry Boulevard. The following are the official club hours:
Buena Health Fitness Center offers a variety of services including post rehabilitative therapy, weight loss, strength training, preventive exercise therapy, nutritional counseling, and one-on-one personal training. We also have water therapy classes, featuring water aerobics and water arthritis classes. The following are the times and days of those classes (all classes last one hour in duration):
Buena Health Fitness Center offers a variety of equipment to support either your cardiovascular or resistance training objectives. Though the benefits of exercise have been trumpeted through many sources, we will give you our Top Ten list of why everyone should engage in a regular exercise program
1. You can dramatically reduce your risk of developing cardiovascular disease, quite possibly the leading health threat in America today.
2. Exercise helps prevent high blood pressure, a leading cause of life-threatening organ damage.
3. Physical fitness prevents plaque buildup in arteries, a leading cause of stroke.
4. Exercise reduces your risk of diabetes, a disease that affects 18 million Americans.
5. People in shape have less risk of developing dangerous blood clots.
6. Exercise guards against breast and colon cancers.
7. Weight bearing exercise protects bone mass, a critical health issue for women.
8. Exercise relieves stress, promotes a sense of well-being, and can be as effective as medication in relieving mild to moderate depression.
9. Moderate exercise can reduce joint swelling and arthritis pain.
10. Regular exercise is an essential tool for achieving and maintaining a healthy weight.
Come on down to Buena Health Fitness Center today and you will see "exercise is good medicine!"
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