The Heart Behind the Fitness
Meet Tona Barnes
Tona Barnes is a passionate fitness instructor dedicated to empowering seniors (55+) to live healthier, more active lives.
With a focus on fun, effective, and safe exercises, Tona helps her clients improve strength, flexibility, balance, and overall well-being.
Her approach creates a supportive and encouraging environment where everyone feels comfortable and motivated to move. Whether in person or online, Tona's Fitness Warriors is more than just a class – it's a community.
"My mission is to make fitness accessible, enjoyable, and transformative for every warrior, regardless of age or fitness level."
My Journey to Find You
Life comes at us at the speed of sound, and that sound you hear is opportunity knocking. They say you have two lives: the one you’re living and the one you begin to live once you realize you have only one life.
My life has been a magical journey, filled with highs and lows. I found fitness on and off in my late 20’s not realizing how beneficial it was. I always felt stronger and better after a workout but didn’t exactly know why. After having my first child I wanted a stronger, more fit body so I started taking more fitness classes and continued to work out throughout my second pregnancy.
I realized soon after my second was born that having a “mom” body was not for me, I wanted a change, a lifestyle change, not a quick fix, but to be the healthiest I could be. As I dove into that magical life, I realized that becoming the healthiest version of myself was not only a challenge, but the life I had been waiting for.
I discovered how amazing our bodies are and I learned the “WHY” to feeling better after a workout. Taking care of this one body I have is crucial not just for physical fitness but for my mental and emotional health as well.
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Real transformations from the seniors who have joined the ranks and reclaimed their vitality.
Bill & Laura
Snell
Following Tona For Seniors 2 since 2020
- 79
- Years young — both of them
- 6
- Years of showing up
- 2×
- Every single week
- 14.4
- Min/mile, most recent walk
Hi, Tona:
My wife and I, both 79 years old, want to thank you for your Tona For Seniors 2 video. We started watching it upon the recommendation of a friend when Covid was getting going. Doing your exercises with you and your class, usually twice a week, were highlights of our week.
Now, 6 yrs later, we’re still doing it and we still love it and get a good workout. At least in part, with encouragement from our abilities to do your workout, my wife Laura, is now doing a pretty intense additional workout twice a week with a wonderful personal trainer at a local gym and I’m fortunate to also work out at a gym and to do 3 mi walks once or twice a week (recent time, 14.4 minutes/mile for the 3.3 miles!)
I also want to thank you for your relaxation/mindfulness session at the end of your video. Instead of imagining being on a beach, though, I imagine sitting on a bale of hay on a hayrack in the middle of a hayfield as I did when I was a teenager when we were baling hay on our farm in Illinois. I don’t take in the scents of the beach, but those of the hay.
Finally, thank you for the quote from Eleanor Roosevelt. We hadn’t heard it before. I love it. I’ve shared it with our kids and grandkids and our friends and sometimes incorporate it as a Unitarian Universalist-style prayer before special meals.
Hope that you are doing well, Warrior!
~Bill and Laura Snell
Annapolis, Maryland
"I was looking for a senior fitness workout that included strength training and cardio, when I discovered Tona Barnes’ Lockdown Live in 2020. I have been doing h [...]"
"When it is sunny and hot here in NM so I do some yard work early when it is cool, then I come in and do your video. Thanks to your strength and conditioning cla [...]"
"I can not say enough about my Trainer, Tona Barnes! I luckily found her when my gym closed during the Pandemic. She actually had classes in her home! We met her [...]"
"I loved your video as it incorporates everything I require for a senior's class. I am 76 years old and loved your variety and was able to complete them all even [...]"
"Tona's workouts are fun to do and she has an encouraging way of presenting them. They are well structured with warm up, main exercise and cool down with stretch [...]"
"I'm very happy to have Tona as an amazing instructor who inspires me every time I do her workout! She's instructive and knows her subject! Very challenging clas [...]"
"I have been following and exercising with Tona Barnes for many many years on YouTube-way before she started her own YouTube channel, finding her classes fun and [...]"
"I have been working out for 6 years with you. Miss pups and really missed hearing the bird from yrs back I am 61 and in my best shape, I can line dance with the [...]"
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