Connie Robinson

I became a Rye Y member when I moved here from Maine in 2013. I had always worked out. I had some major surgery done on my foot many years ago in Maine and I started going to a trainer at the health club there. And I just continued it. I focused on my total body- weights, stretching, everything.

When I moved to Rye, I never considered joining anything but the Y! It was automatic. I take the Tai Chi class, and I used to do a lot of walking, from Milton Harbor House down to Playland. I’ve had a bit of an issue with my other foot, which is getting better, but I haven’t been walking the way I used to.

I work out at home too. I have a recumbent bike so I use that, and I do some exercises. I have a video that Laura Laura did a long time ago so before I take my bath at night I do her video and that’s good for stretching.

I have two trainers here at the Y. I have Yvonne, who I work with at the Y and Laura, who I work with at the Studios. They’re great. They’ve taken good care of me. They make me really work and I keep in good shape.

I particularly like the Y because they have more machines that I can warm up on, especially the bikes and the television I can watch as I warm up. Laura really makes the most of that HIIT room with me. And there’s so many different things I can do with Yvonne at the Y. It’s really terrific.

My goal is to just keep going. I feel very fortunate that I’m in decent shape and can keep doing this. I feel very lucky that I have the Y and the Studios and all the things I do here. Joy (Tai Chi instructor), Yvonne and Laura—everyone is just so nice. It’s a pleasant place to come into. I can’t imagine living here and not having it.