ANDY JACKSON/StuffMary Bernet, 86, Lynda Bell, 72, and Phyllis Way, 85 are stalwarts of a fitness class that has been running for 60 years.A girls’s fitness class is celebrating 60 years. And whereas some statistics recommend 50 per cent of individuals cease exercising six months after they begin, these girls have been transferring to the music for many years. And it’s reside music too. No CDs for them. For the previous 20 years, Joe Hignett, 82, has been taking part in the piano for the class, and earlier than him, that they had one other pianist. Phyllis Way, 85, has been exercising with the group for 59 years, Lynda Bell, 72, who now leads the workforce, has clocked in 43 years and one of many oldest members, Mary Bernet, 86, 31 years. READ MORE:* Taranaki public bus providers to be easier, extra accessible and less expensive * Taranaki: The area with New Zealand’s slowest Covid-19 vaccination rollout* Vodafone getting ready to put in 14 new cell towers all through TaranakiANDY JACKSON/StuffPiano participant Joe Hignett performs reside music for the ladies to train to. It was began by a gaggle of ‘’younger mums” who used to fulfill for morning tea, Way stated. ‘’They stated: ‘Why don’t we’ve workout routines?’ We’ve stored it going as a result of we favored it a lot. It’s good for us and we take pleasure in it. We have a superb snort.’’ There is a core group of about 20, she stated. Sometimes there might be extra. ‘’We additionally did leisure. We have been within the Telethon really, in 1990.’’ Way and Bell crack up laughing. ‘’We did the can can. We have been so much youthful in these days.’’ANDY JACKSON/StuffWay has been going alongside to the identical fitness class for 59 years. And they have been on TV’s Good Sorts a couple of years in the past. ‘’It’s good for the thoughts and good for the physique. Some of us can nonetheless put our fingers to the ground.’’ Bell used to tape the routines off the TV again within the day, she stated. The venue has modified a couple of occasions over the years, together with a stint at Maida Vale Retirement Village when Bell labored there. About 20 years in the past numbers dropped, so that they marketed and acquired extra members, she stated. Bernet first went to the group with some associates, she stated. They did loads of strolling, however didn’t do ‘’any higher physique stuff’’. ‘’I find it irresistible. I really like the corporate and we’re all associates, and all of us take care of every. ‘’We all have had our ups and downs well being clever, however we come again.’’ And they’re going to maintain coming again. They wouldn’t ‘’give it up for the world”. The class is $3 and is held at St James Presbyterian Church Hall in Lawry St, New Plymouth.