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Local man brings program to senior residents – The Sentinel

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The group of 30 older adults seated in the community room of the Susquehanna View Apartments in Camp Hill last week appeared eagerly poised to begin their fourth in a series of weekly exercise classes with renowned local coach Jesse Swoyer.

This isnt just any old exercise. This is a comfortable, energizing, accessible, invigorating and life-enhancing inclusive class, as Swoyer, of Camp Hill, describes on his website.

Benefits can include increased balance and spatial awareness, a reduction of falls and injury, enhanced muscular coordination and increased blood circulation. It can also reduce muscle tension, improve strength and range of movement, and finally, enhance participants overall sense of wellness and proprioceptive awareness, or body sense.

My goal is to have accessible and inclusive exercise classes and bring it (to) the general community instead of people having to go to a health club to access it, Swoyer said.

Although classes are held at the Susquehanna View complex that houses residents age 62 and older, as well as younger handicapped/disabled individuals, the general public is welcome to participate in the Swoyers sessions. Were trying to get as many individuals as possible, he said.

For 45 minutes, Swoyer, 40, leads the group through a series of cardio and strength exercises using resistance bands, lightweight dumbbells and mini pilates balls, all while remaining seated and taking periodic hydration breaks. Eventually, participants will progress to standing for some of the exercises, Swoyer said.

Swoyer uses a G.H.O.S.T. acronym for his programs that can either mean Greatly Helping Others Strength Train or Grind Hard Or Start Trying. Many of the Susquehanna View participants were his clients at the Center of Independent Living of Central Pennsylvanias Living Well with a Disability fully-accessible fitness center, which he helped to develop and maintain from 2008 until its closure early this year.

After that, Swoyer developed GHOST with a vision of providing in-home, on-site and mobile fitness services to individuals with injuries and disabilities, along with the aging population in general.

Jill Parisi, 53, of Camp Hill, has participated in Swoyers exercise sessions for years and years, she said. This helps with my flexibility and I like the camaraderie here. Everyone gets along good and has a good time. Parisi uses a wheelchair after she became disabled from a car crash 28 years ago.

Bill Phelps, 70, and wife, Esther Phelps, 69, also were Swoyers clients at Center for Independent Living clients and followed him to Susquehanna View. The exercise is good for us, but we also like the socialization, Bill Phelps noted.

Susquehanna View resident Nancy Kennedy, 74, also took part in Swoyers previous classes for five years and said shes glad to continue with him. I love this. I do it because I want to maintain a nice healthy lifestyle, Kennedy said.

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