Friends,
Nutrition Program – Exciting News!
We are fortunate to have Janine Bamberger join our MS-Just Keep Moving family and support our mission. Janine visited a few weeks back and joined in on some of our exercise programs. She is extremely well qualified to lead our nutrition program as has been a registered dietitian her entire career and has recently been a professor at Mount Mary College teaching nutrition.
We will be taking a sharing and community building approach with our nutrition program. Our goal is to get our bodies to heal itself from the inside. In order to give our bodies a chance to do that, we need to feed it proper nutrition as a critical component to healing and feeling well. The problem is, we all have different biological make up so each of our nutrition needs could be different. Janine will be leading with the concept of a healthy gut and healthy heart in mind.
Consistency is key. Have you ever heard that before? We will be providing this nutrition program every Monday morning at 9:00am starting next Monday, April 21st. Janine will talk for a little while and then open it up to a sharing session. We will be sharing knowledge, recipes, food, experiences, etc. Please engage in this program and improve your own health while sharing with others. It’s much easier to enjoy healthy food together than it is to do it on our own.
Let’s build a healthy community with this nutrition program.
Golf Outing – We need your help
Location and time:
Friday, June 20th, 2025
Wanaki Golf Course – Menomonee Falls
Registration – 7:30-9:00 am
Golfing – 9:00am
Our golf outing planning with our friends at ePlatinum Health is in full swing. This golf outing is a lot of fun and it’s our largest fundraising event of the year. We are very fortunate and thankful to have our friends at ePlatinum Health putting this on for us.
How can you help?
- We need some nice raffle and silent auction items. If you know a business that would like some visibility with a great group of people that is willing to donate something for our raffles and silent auction items, please ask them to do so. If you would be willing to donate some new items for our raffle baskets, please do.
- You could sponsor a hole. Please see this link for more information https://eplatinumhealth.com/ms-golf-outing/
- You could golf with us. In the past, we’ve filled up each year. This year we are about half full at this point. Here’s the link https://eplatinumhealth.com/ms-golf-outing/ I know last year some of you wanted to golf but it was already full so I would suggest signing up now if you want to golf.
- We will also need a few volunteers. We will let you know what need for volunteering as we get closer
Please help us get some really nice and fun raffle / silent auction items. We will have a list of items desired at the gym in the near future. We want to make this a great experience for the golfers again this year. Thanks so much!
Day of Endurance – Saturday, August 23rd 2025
I hope your training is going well. I know some are hitting it hard already and are well ahead of what they were doing last year at this time…good job! We get out of it what we put into it. Please turn your progress notes into Dr Kate bi-weekly.
Let’s make this journey and experience the best yet and have some fun…together. As we begin our training, let’s enjoy each day and record what we do on the packet we put together for you. If you didn’t get a packet, please see Dr Kate or me for your packet. We’re trying to make it really easy for you to record what you’re doing on a daily basis. These will be interesting for you to look back at a year from now. Hopefully, you can do more next year than you do this year.
Remember, try to do daily workouts and just one LONG workout each week. It’s on the one long day that you want to do just a little better than the week before and gradually build up each week.
Ed and Adam’s Podcast
Adam and Ed did a podcast together this week. Who knows what they talked about this week? You’ll want to check it out to find out. I haven’t had a chance to listen to it yet.
Here’s the link:
Conversation with Adam and Adam by Positive Vibes Living with MS
Thanks Adam, Ed and Ava for doing these podcasts together!
Member Spotlight – Joel Harris
I’m so happy Joel is engaging in our programs again at the level he is. I’m also happy he is willing to share his progress as openly as he is. MS is tough and depression at some level is very common with most of us that live with MS. Exercise has been proven to help with depression with many studies. I’m thankful you are experiencing benefits Joel. Thanks for engaging at the level you are and sharing. I’m hoping others benefit in this way as well.
Exercise Programs
These classes are aimed to get everyone exercising together. I like that word “together” 😊. We’ll need help from volunteers before and after the cardio class on Wednesdays and Fridays to get members on and off equipment. All are welcome and encouraged to join…friends with MS, volunteers, and caregivers.
Monday evenings (open from 4:00pm – 7:00pm)
5:00 pm: High intensity interval training (HIIT)
5:30 pm: Standing balance
6:00 pm: Seated balance
Tuesday afternoons
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm: Aquatic exercise program held at Wildwood Lodge – Pewaukee
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm: Aquatic exercise program held at Wildwood Lodge – Pewaukee
Wildwood Lodge has a lift available to get people in wheelchairs in and out of the pool safely
Wednesdays
8:30am – 9:00am: Cardio exercise
Location: in the big room using aerobic equipment in front of big TV
Pick your favorite piece of equipment to use, bring a water bottle, and arrive a few minutes early to get the equipment set up to your height.
10-10:30am: Cardio exercise
Location: in the big room using aerobic equipment in front of big TV
Pick your favorite piece of equipment to use, bring a water bottle, and arrive a few minutes early to get the equipment set up to your height.
Fridays:
9:30 – 10:00am: High intensity interval training (HIIT) body weight circuit class. Great for those who aren’t attending Friday morning bike rides and want to get their heart pumping! Geared to intermediate to advanced ability level. Class may be indoors or outdoors depending on weather. Find Dr Kate at the start of the class time.
10:00 – 10:30 am: Seated balance class
10:30 – 11am: Standing balance class
Pick the class / classes you feel most able and comfortable participating in. We will have chairs set up to sit on and/or use for balance support.
Email Dr Kate Kern at kborn1234@gmail.com with any questions.
Spin / Cycle Classes Friday’s @ 9:00am
Mike Beiermeister is leading spin / cycle classes again this year on Friday mornings @ 9:00 in the front room.
Please be prompt and ready to start riding @ 9:00am. Spin bikes are limited so it will be on first come first serve. We did pick up one more used spin bike since last week so let’s put it to good use. Let’s get ready for spring bike riding.
Thanks, Mike for offering to lead these classes again!
Friday Morning Bike Rides
Let’s ready to ride! I will be watching the weather each week. As soon as it is 45 degrees or above on Friday morning @ 7:00am, we will be riding. Usually that happens at the end of April or early May.
We will not be riding this Friday yet. Hopefully next Friday??
If you’re interested in riding this year, please let me or Larry know. If you rode with us in the past on a trike, please let us know what number trike you rode on. We want to try to stay more consistent this year so we can get out of the parking lot earlier with minimal trike adjustments.
Educational Sessions
Friday, June 13th: 11:00 – 12:00 pm: Physical Therapists, Kimberly Sawall and Emily Hill from ProHealth Care will talk about the balance triad and how this plays a large role in dizziness and imbalance with mobility.
Future topics could include: emotional health, nutrition, yoga, tai chi, wellness topics, safe use of gym equipment for your body, best exercise for you and more. What topics would you like to see? Please let Dr Kate, Joan, Traci, Ricky or Dan know.
Let’s get together!
We’ll be getting together from 8:00am – noon on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at the gym. Plus, Monday evenings from 4:00pm – 7:00pm. I hope you’ll join us!
Wisconsin Metal Parts – Westmound Building
MS-Just Keep Moving, Inc.
W228N791 Westmound Drive
Waukesha, WI 53186
Prayer Group We’ll be having our prayer group Wednesday from 11:00am – noon.
I just love the way we share, pray and laugh together while we witness prayers being answered weekly. It’s truly amazing!
Thanks goes to God and to everyone that joins us. Let’s get together to share, listen, talk, give thanks, and pray however God leads us.
MS-Just Keep Caring – Our Caregivers support group will be the first and third Friday of each month from 10:00 – 10:30am. The next one will be this Friday, April 18th, 2025. If you’re a caregiver of someone you love with MS, please join us and share your experience of caring for your loved one. This has been very helpful for many. Thanks to all who participate!
Our Facebook page is private. That means you’ll need to join if you want access to all our fun and progress. We’re now at 603 members. That’s awesome! https://www.facebook.com/groups/2639832389489709
Our Facebook page is active and fun. Lots of people are doing more and sharing their journey on Facebook. Feel free to join, post and share your experiences and comments.
There were some awesome pictures, videos and comments shared again this past week. Thank you to all who are sharing!
Thai Massage with Ricky Heldt
Ricky will be here on Wednesdays doing Thai Massage.
There is a sign-up board to be used to accommodate your needs for your exercise plan. Some people with spasticity need to be massaged / stretched out before they can exercise. Some people need a massage after a hard workout to loosen up their tight muscles or relieve pain.
We have limited spots for massages, please be considerate of people that need the massage the most in order to do the exercises they need to do or recover from the exercises they just did.
You can pick the time slot that works for you.
Reiki on Wednesdays and Fridays
Reiki is available at the gym, for FREE, on Wednesdays (Mary B, Jill K) and on Fridays (Linda C and Mary R), 9:30am until noon. Sessions typically last 20-30 minutes. Sign up for a session on the white board.
Reiki (ray-kee) relaxes the body so that healing can occur! The “magic” of Reiki has helped some of our members with pain, insomnia, constipation, and so much more! Try it the next time you are at the gym!
Inspirational Humor with Adam Wollert
We’ll be having our inspirational humor zoom call with Adam again next Tuesday. Adam is a gift to all of us. Thanks to all who joined us today!
Please join us if you can.
Tuesdays @ 1:30PM
Here’s the link to join us…I hope you do!
Join Zoom Meeting with this link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9431389152?pwd=bWlYbFNaazVnM1M1cWxWMitlODdXUT09
Meeting ID: 943 138 9152
Passcode: 3qP2hu
Phone: 1-312-626-6799
Let’s reach out
I encourage you to share a smile and encouragement with someone. Perhaps you could call someone that you have not talked with for a while just to say hi and see how they are doing. We all could use a little extra love and encouragement.
MS is tough. Let’s have faith, remain calm, be flexible, help each other and learn as much as we can about the challenges of each day as we make good choices and take action.
Let’s keep moving, smiling and loving 😊 It helps!
In God We Trust…we are in good hands.
Dan
Our Website: http://msjustkeepmoving.org/
P.S. I didn’t get out in nature as much as I would have like to this past week. I did get to go to the park with my Grandson Caleb though. The sky is the limit when we are together. 😊 We had fun!
We had some turkeys showing off I our backyard again this week.
The males were trying their best to get the ladies interested…no luck.
They sure like to strut their stuff.
They even get together to do a little strategizing.
I think their plan is to just be beautiful.
Well, they try…
I saw some pelicans this evening.
More of God’s beauty
For those who can’t get out and enjoy nature due your challenges with MS…my heart is with you. You are with me every time I’m out there. I enjoy being out there and I also enjoy sharing with you. I know how hard it is not to be able to get out and enjoy nature. Let’s enjoy nature and God’s beauty together this way.
