Classes and Membership
PPG FITNESS SESSIONS (IN-PERSON)
PPG Fitness is an exercise program that incorporates ping pong-inspired exercises, drills, and gameplay to improve motor and cognitive fitness while also improving your ping-pong playing skills. It includes bodyweight exercises and drills that take place on and off the ping pong table. The classes are designed to promote healthy aging and help reduce symptoms associated with neurological conditions, with an initial focus on Parkinson's.
WHERE TO PLAY
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles - (Click for Info)
San Francisco, CA - Click to Schedule a Class
San Fernando Valley, CA (Click for Info)
San Gabriel Valley/El Monte Coming Soon (Click for Info)
San Diego, CA (coming soon!)
ILLINOIS
Chicago (coming soon!)
Peoria (Click for Info)
OHIO
Plain City - Great Columbus Area - (Click for Info)
CANADA
Summerland, Britsh Columbia (Click for Info)
Vancouver, British Columbia (Click for Info)
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We look forward to offering classes in other cities soon!
Welcome interested and potential future participants!
Before signing up for a class, please read the following to ensure your safety.
Our workouts are designed to improve balance, strength, endurance, brain health, and your table tennis skills! They may also reduce the symptoms associated with Parkinson’s Disease and other cognitive conditions. Our sessions require being on your feet for up to 75 minutes. You will be moving and reacting as it relates to ping pong. We intend for it to be a workout!
Our current class structure makes it very challenging to safely participate if an assistive device is needed for balance, an individual frequently loses their balance or falls, or general deconditioning makes operating an hour-long class difficult.
As we continue to expand our program, we will provide an environment that can accommodate people with less mobility. Please note participants in any of our fitness programs should be cleared by
your physician.
PLEASE READ BEFORE ATTENDING YOUR FIRST SESSION
The PPG Fitness for Parkinson’s program is supported by a community grant from the Parkinson’s Foundation.
PING PONG FOR GOOD Basics
Learn the basics of “Ping Pong Therapy” and PPG Fitness, our proprietary program that utilizes ping pong-inspired movements that include bodyweight exercises and drills using just a paddle and a ball.
This program seeks to maximize the benefits for the brain and body to promote healthy, active aging. It may reduce symptoms associated with neurological conditions and improve your ping pong playing skills!
With varying levels of complexity, it can be practiced alone, with a partner, and even in virtual reality.
Watch our tutorials and subscribe to our YouTube channel for more free content!
*These tutorials are not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please consult with your doctor, physical therapist, or fitness professional and to ensure you are cleared for an online exercise program without supervision and if these exercises are appropriate for you.
Learn the Basics by JOOLA
Access a full library of tutorials from the pros at JOOLA to take your game to the next level at the link below.
Join the PING PONG FOR GOOD COMMUNITY helping to improve the lives of those impacted by cognitive disorders and brain health decline.
Your support helps to expand this program to other cities and will increase awareness about the importance of brain health and the many benefits of playing ping pong!