Health & Wellness
September 18, 2025

How Karen is Building Strength, Balance, and Flexibility With GetSetUp

How Karen is Building Strength, Balance, and Flexibility With GetSetUp
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At 67, Karen is staying strong, balanced, and adventurous with help from GetSetUp. Whether she’s kayaking, traveling, or often walking three miles, this North Carolina retiree relies on virtual fitness classes to support her health goals both at home and on the go.

Karen has built an active life and is looking to fill her retirement with more travel-filled adventures. In her spare time, she enjoys kayaking and recently traveled to Australia and New Zealand. However, one thing has helped her find consistency at home to keep her moving and build her strength. 

“I walk three miles some days, do water aerobics, and use GetSetUp to supplement my routine. It’s great for flexibility, and fits around my schedule.”

After her husband passed away, she found herself with more time and the need to reestablish her routine. She began by exploring SilverSneakers offered through her Humana plan, but GetSetUp’s live and on-demand interactive classes truly spoke to her.

“I researched GetSetUp through my health plan and found the live classes. I really became endeared to some of the Guides.”

Finding Her Fitness Favorites

Karen’s go-to instructors include Guides Yanira, Stacy, Pilar, Ellen, and Twyla, each bringing something different to her routine.

“Yanira’s strength training is my favorite. I also love Pilar’s indoor walking classes and her upper and lower body workouts. Ellen’s strength classes are great, and balance sessions have really helped.”

She’s a fan of Jennifer’s 9-minute abs class video, which she frequently joins in, and appreciates that many classes can be done seated or standing, a flexibility that helps people at different ability levels feel included.

“When I’m doing strength training classes regularly, I can tell a difference in my strength and balance. When I swim or kayak, I notice my condition is better.”

Karen has also learned new fitness techniques that she didn’t know before and enjoys establishing rapport with some of the Guides. That way, even without leaving her home, she still gets to interact with others.  

“I’ve certainly learned some new moves, especially the ab exercises and the chair routines. Twyla’s yoga introduced me to new poses and ideas. These are things I hadn’t done before.”

Fitness That Fits Around Her Life

Karen doesn’t like large, crowded classes and appreciates that GetSetUp offers an alternative.

“The [in-person] floor classes tend to be larger, and that’s not comfortable for me. GetSetUp gives me access to smaller, more personal fitness experiences around my schedule.”

She also enjoys the on-demand video library. Using her Apple laptop or projecting classes onto a larger TV screen allows her to take the classes however she wants, whether she’s at home or visiting her daughter. She’s also used them in hotel rooms.

“Flexibility is the number one aspect for me. I love the option to have live instructors or on-demand videos. And I like the relationships I’ve built with the instructors. There’s a rapport even from home.”

Lifelong Learning & Global Exploration

GetSetUp isn’t just about fitness for Karen; it supports her love of learning and travel.

“I’m doing more traveling now. I watched the class on travel before I went to Australia, and I recently watched the one on the Nile. I’m planning a trip to Egypt in 2027.”

In between adventures, she’s eyeing Niagara Falls and short domestic trips and keeping herself strong with the help of GetSetUp.

“Even when I can’t kayak through the winter, strength training helps me keep my arms strong and ready.”

She’s also explored some of the cooking classes by some of her favorite fitness Guides to work nutrition into her fitness routine. 

Looking Ahead: AI, Community, and New Possibilities

Karen is also intrigued by GetSetUp’s AI classes and tools, such as Helen, GetSetUp’s digital assistant.

“AI is coming so quickly at us. I want to take some AI classes to keep up with and learn what AI is about. I’m pretty good with my iPhone, but I’d like to learn more about the new technology as it is being offered.”

As someone who belongs to multiple organizations, Karen loves that GetSetUp allows her to connect, learn, and move at her own pace, on her own terms.

“My health and well-being have certainly improved, thanks to GetSetUp, and I tell all my friends about it. It’s made a real difference in how I live every day.”

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