'A retirement home on Brisbane\'s southside has started \"vertical\" fitness classes where seniors can join in from their balconies, after the facility went into lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.  The Village Yeronga came up with the idea, fearing residents would struggle to maintain their fitness.  The \"vertical exercise classes\" involve a fitness instructor standing in a park with a megaphone at the centre of the village apartment buildings, demonstrating and communicating safe and functional exercises for residents to do while on their own balconies.  The centre\'s physiotherapist, Miles Browning, said \"seniors need to keep fit all the time and one of the problems they\'re confronted with is if they stop exercising, they lose their fitness really quickly\".  He said as soon as they knew they were going into lockdown, he and Village manager Kath Gilhooley decided to develop a number of different exercise opportunities for the residents, like the \"vertical exercise class\".  The classes were a hit with residents, who were turning to other activities to stay fit.  Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-18/coronavirus-queensland-seniors-fitness-brisbane/12158484  For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY You can watch more ABC News content on iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1  Subscribe to us on YouTube: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 You can also like us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/abcnews.au Or follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/abcnews_au Or even on Twitter: http://twitter.com/abcnews' 

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