Get Ready! Get Set! Get Fit! Baltimore County Department of Aging (BCDA) provides a diversified fitness and exercise program geared specifically to adults age 60 and older.
On-Demand Video Workouts
Visit our fitness YouTube playlist for fun ways to get fit.
Cycling Seniors
Learn more about the membership in the Cycling Seniors program, for those age 60 and up that are interested in bicycle rides around Maryland.
Annual 5K Run-Walk and One-Mile Walk
Novice or advanced runners of all ages are invited to attend the Get Ready! Get Set! Get Fit! 5K Run-Walk and One-Mile Walk to support older adult health and fitness by raising much-needed funds for County senior exercise classes and fitness centers. The 16th annual event is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, September 18, 2022.
Fitness Center and Studio Memberships
Join one of our 14 fitness centers or studios to work out on your own schedule and at your own pace. All of our fitness facilities are equipped with:
- Flexibility and stretching stations
- Free weights
- Treadmills
- Recumbent bikes and steppers
- Strength training circuits
- Certified personal trainers—For an additional fee, trainers are available to conduct assessments, develop individualized exercise plans and oversee your fitness program.
- Arbutus—Studio option available
- Ateaze
- Bykota
- Catonsville
- Cockeysville
- Edgemere—Studio option available
- Essex—Studio option available
- Fleming—Studio option available
- Jacksonville—Studio option available
- Liberty
- Parkville
- Pikesville
- Reisterstown—Studio option available
- Seven Oaks
Pay the low, annual fee of $100 for access to all 14 centers, or pay $60 to use the smaller fitness studios at locations where available.
Complete the following forms prior to your first visit:
- Fitness Center Application (includes physician's clearance)
- Fitness Center Medical Clearance and Consent
The fitness facilities are drop-in centers monitored by volunteers. There is no onsite, paid supervisory staff. If you are interested in earning a free fitness center membership, contact your senior center director today.
Exercise Classes
To learn more about the wide variety of exercise classes, group sports and fitness opportunities listed below, contact the senior centers directly.
| Program Name | Senior Center Location of Program |
|---|---|
Adaptive Aquatics |
|
Aerobics |
|
Aerobics—Low Impact |
|
Badminton | Parkville |
| Balance Your Noodle | Liberty |
Ballroom Dance |
|
Barre Fit | Seven Oaks |
Basketball—Men's |
|
| Bfit | Reisterstown |
| Bingocize | Pikesville |
Bocce | Ateaze |
| BodyWorks | Liberty |
Bowling—Duckpin | Overlea-Fullerton |
Bowling—Wii |
|
Cardio Fit |
|
| Chair Dance and Tone | Pikesville |
Chair Exercise |
|
| Chair Move and Groove | Jacksonville |
Chair Yoga |
|
Chi Gong |
|
Circuit Training | Essex |
| Core De Fore | Seven Oaks |
| Cornhole—Baggo | Essex |
Cornhole—Regular |
|
Cycling Seniors | County-wide |
Drums Alive |
|
Easy Does it Exercise | Pikesville |
EnhanceFitness |
|
| Geri-Fit |
|
Golf | Jacksonville |
Gotta Dance | OPAL |
| Hand Dance | Liberty |
Line Dancing |
|
Moderate Exercise |
|
Modified Fitness | Overlea |
Move with Balance |
|
Movin’ and Groovin’ | Liberty |
Pickleball |
|
Pilates | Jacksonville |
Power Up and Cardio | Catonsville |
Rock and Fit | Rosedale |
| Rockin' with Rhonda | Reisterstown |
Seniorcize—Senior Rhythms |
|
Shuffle Board |
|
Softball |
|
| Strength and Fitness | Cockeysville |
Strengthen, Tone, Condition |
|
Swimming | Edgemere |
Table Tennis |
|
Tai Chi |
|
Tai Chi for Better Balance |
|
Tennis |
|
Torn 2 B Fit |
|
Volleyball | Parkville |
Walking |
|
Water Aerobics |
|
| Weights and Toning | Liberty |
| Yo-Chi | Catonsville |
Yoga |
|
| Zumba (seated) | Pikesville |
Zumba Gold |
|
| Zumba Gold Dance and Toning | Jacksonville |