Balance Strength Personal Training and Fitness

06/30/2026

Our beloved Sue!!! So wonderful!!

We are proud to announce Sue Taylor as our 2026 Volunteer of the Year!

Sue began as a volunteer in 2008 and has served Birthcare 18 years! What stands out is her length of service, her monthly commitment to volunteering, and her willingness to fill in when a sub is needed.

Sue and her family moved to Medina in 1972. She and husband Dave will mark 56 years of marriage in July. They have two children and five grandchildren. Sue is a former Army nurse who worked in operating rooms during the Vietnam War. She retired with the rank of Captain.

To explain her rationale for volunteering, Sue said, “My thoughts about volunteering begin with my role model, my mother. She volunteered in various capacities as I grew up. Following in her footsteps, I have volunteered in several different areas. When I retired, I knew that I needed to volunteer more with my extra time. I chose Birthcare and our parish school of religion because of my nursing and teaching backgrounds. As a child in a Catholic elementary school, we learned from a very young age that God made us to know, love and serve Him. Volunteering is serving others, God’s children. Honestly, I receive more than I give as a volunteer!”

05/01/2026

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There’s a version of fitness that burns itself out. You’ve seen it. The January gym crowd. The person who loses 15kg before a wedding and finds 20 again after it. The five-week streak that collapses the moment life gets complicated. And then there’s a different version. The 68-year-old who wal...

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Group fitness classes aren’t just about exercise, Mikala Jamison wrote in 2024. https://theatln.tc/z5fhRvrd

When Jamison was teaching indoor cycling, she was the nicest version of herself: “warm, welcoming, and encouraging to the point of profound corniness, despite my usual caustic tendencies,” she writes. People that met in her class started dating; strangers went out for coffee. “These experiences have convinced me that group fitness classes are the best place to make friends as an adult,” she continues, “an idea supported by research that suggests that the glow of exercise’s feel-good chemicals has interpersonal benefits.”

Once, friendships were born in what the sociologist Ray Oldenburg called “third places”: physical spaces that aren’t a home or a workplace, don’t charge (much) for entry, and exist in large part to foster conversation. Group classes don’t quite fit in that definition—they can cost money, and their primary activities are “sweating, grunting, and skipping a few reps when the instructor isn’t looking,” Jamison writes. “But they fulfill many conditions that social-psychology research has repeatedly shown to help forge meaningful connections between strangers: proximity (being in the same place), ritual (at the same time, over and over), accumulation (for many hours), and shared experiences or interests (because you do and like the same things)”—a less awkward way to find people with similar interests than at work or at a party.

Even if you don’t find your next best friend at Zumba class, getting into a fitness habit might help you step out of your comfort zone and make more friends in other spaces.

“A room full of grown adults flailing, shouting, and running miles without ever going anywhere is a fundamentally ridiculous prospect,” Jamison continues. “Ridiculous things, however, play a crucial role in connecting with others: They make us laugh.”

🎨: Debora Szpilman

05/10/2024

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09/06/2023

Are you healing an injury but still want to stretch and move?
Is it difficult to stand for long periods to exercise?

This class was designed for anyone who primarily needs to be sitting.
Modifications always shown. 😊

CHAIR YOGA:
Wednesdays 10:30 - 11:20
330-635-2208
www.Balance-Strength.com
[email protected]

09/04/2023

PT Strength Class
Tonight at 6 pm

This class is a challenging strength class, yet designed for all levels.
330-635-2208…. just text me if you’d like to drop into this class tonight.
Toning with weights, kettlebells, medicine balls etc!!

08/12/2023

And, surprisingly enough, a better leader.

08/04/2023

This is the schedule and it should stay this way for a l-o-n-g time 😊