 is a program designed to help your body build and maintain the 3 main things you lose as you age: Strength, Flexibility, and Balance.

The Strong Over 50 Body Weight Bar and training program were conceived and developed by John Stuef, a long-time fitness professional. John saw a need for a safer, more effective way for his older clients to use their own body weight to help them combat the loss of strength, flexibility, and balance as they age.

Are you strong? Why should you be strong? Here are some facts.

1. The 6th leading cause of death after age 60 is from injuries due to falls. Proper strength training improves balance.

2. After age 40 your body starts losing 2 to 3 percent of its muscle a year. Less muscle also means a weaker internal system including your heart, lungs, and liver.

3. Less muscle = lower metabolism, which leads to weight gain.

4. Adults 45 and over who sit for more than 11 hours have a significant increase in risk for early mortality and other key health issues.

There’s hope and help. It’s a program called Strong Over 50.

Our certified Strong Over 50 trainers are here to help you remain strong and independent and keep a high-quality life.

If you are a gym owner or personal trainer who wants to offer the Strong Over 50 system to your own clients, go to Strong Over 50 and learn how you can become a certified trainer or facility.

The Strong Over 50 suspension training program is designed for safety and proper form, using specialized, patent-pending equipment. Fitness Plus is the only SO-50 certified facility in Kentucky.

Strong Over 50 Program

If you have not worked with a personal trainer before, this free consultation is a good opportunity for you to learn how the qualified, experienced personal trainers at Fitness Plus can help you improve your overall health and fitness. You will learn that working with a Fitness Plus trainer is MORE than a workout; it is a relationship with your personal health professional. Your trainer will see you more than your doctor and will know more about the big picture of your life and health. They will use this personal knowledge to guide you and help you make changes and choices that improve your overall quality of life.

Singular, Private Personal Training Session

Our most popular training session. These sessions are all about you and your needs. Most workouts focus on full-body, functionally based strength training, but also include pre- and post-stretching and core stability work. This private setting allows you and your trainer to focus each workout on your specific goals and needs. Increased direct communication between you and your trainer in these private sessions allows for issues of injuries, nutrition, stress, etc., to be discussed and worked on. The greatest results for the improved overall health of our clients come from our singular, private training sessions, which last approximately one hour.

As a Strong Over 50 (SO-50) certified facility, Fitness Plus is uniquely qualified to offer specially designed training sessions for those 50 and over. These sessions are similar to our regular private training sessions, but special attention is paid in designing these programs to address the needs of this population. Workouts are still focused on whole-body functional strength training; however, your Fitness Plus trainer will use some different “tools” from their “tool box” to ensure joint safety and increase neuromuscular communication, core stability and balance. In addition to general increases in muscle strength and health, these SO-50 sessions are focused on reducing risk of falls, increasing and maintaining bone health and mental health, and increasing your metabolism. Sessions last approximately one hour.

These sessions are designed to use partner or team mentality to increase adherence to both your training sessions with your Fitness Plus trainer as well as your additional exercise and healthy eating goals outside the Fitness Plus gym. These sessions are semi-private; the trainer works with 2 team members at the same time. You and your team member work with your Fitness Plus trainer to set up goals and then make a plan as to how the team members can support and motivate each other on the days you do not have your session with your trainer. Your Fitness Plus trainer still designs a program based on each team member’s individual needs; however, the private attention during each session is reduced, as the trainer has to split their focus on two individuals. In order to ensure safety in this setting, it is required that each team member have at least two private training sessions before the team training begins. You can put your own team together (husband and wife teams are popular) or Fitness Plus will try to match you up with someone who has similar goals and abilities. Sessions last approximately one hour.

$50 per person at Fitness Plus studio; $55 per person in-home*

The same “team mentality” to increase adherence is used for these specially designed training sessions. Your Strong Over 50 certified trainer will work with both team members to design a safe and effective training program in the gym that will address the special needs of the over 50 client. They will also help the team members come up with a winning strategy to motivate and support each other to follow the overall healthy living plan that they have designed. You can put your own team together (husband and wife teams are popular) or Fitness Plus will try to match you up with someone who has similar goals and abilities. Sessions last approximately one hour.

Working with a Fitness Plus trainer is MORE than a workout; it is a relationship with your personal health professional.

Personal Training

Fitness Plus offers therapeutic massage by licensed, experienced massage therapists. We have both male and female therapists that offer a wide variety of styles and techniques of therapeutic massage. From relaxing to deep tissue to sports massage, we have you covered.

Each therapist has their own individual style and special area of expertise. Fitness Plus will help you choose the massage therapist that best meets your needs. Each new personal training client receives a FREE 30-minute massage from the therapist of your choice.

Massage is offered in a comfortable, private room at our Fitness Plus studio.

* Clients will be charged for services canceled less than 24 hours before the scheduled appointment.

Fitness Plus offers therapeutic massage by licensed, experienced massage therapists.

Therapeutic Massage

Fitness Plus offers ultrasound and e-stem injury rehab services. These modalities help keep “little” injuries from becoming “big” injuries. Particularly aimed at soft tissue injuries like tendinitis and muscle strains, these ultrasound and e-stem therapies reduce downtime and prevent more serious strains and tears.

Soft-tissue injuries should be treated early, to prevent further damage.

Injury Rehab

If you are a professional looking to start your own fitness business, you already have a passion for fitness. You also need business acumen and specialized industry knowledge. Fitness Plus founder and owner Sheila Kalas is an entrepreneur who understands all facets of the fitness industry. She can provide you with the information and advice needed for fitness startups and fitness owners who are experiencing business challenges. 

Strong Over 50 Certification and Distributorship

” (SO-50) is a new fitness program using patent-pending equipment. Working with a team of exercise physiologists over a five-year period, John Stuef of Raleigh, N.C., developed and manufactured the Strong Over 50 system. He released SO-50 via a distributorship basis in September 2012.

Fitness Plus is the exclusive distributor of the Strong Over 50 product and program for the state of Kentucky.

Nine of the Fitness Plus personal trainers are SO-50 certified, and qualified to certify other personal trainers and gym owners throughout Kentucky.

The equipment and exercise accessories provide a suspension fitness training system with a focus on safety. The patent-pending rack equipment is made of aircraft-grade aluminum, corrosion-resistant Delrin bearings, heavy-duty grips and a height adjuster. Exercise accessories for the SO-50 system include an ab strap, door hanger and mounting strap with carabineer. Focusing on body weight suspension, the SO-50 specialized workout routines allow individuals of all ages and fitness levels to improve their balance, endurance and core strength.

If you are a gym owner or personal trainer in Kentucky who wants to offer the Strong Over 50 system to your own clients, contact Sheila Kalas at Fitness Plus and get started with the certification program.

Sheila Kalas is an entrepreneur who understands all facets of the fitness industry. She can provide you with the information and advice needed for fitness startups

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Strong Over 50 Program

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Therapeutic Massage

Injury Rehab

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