Playing hip-hop or Doris Day, older exercise instructors can speak their peers' language
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Instructor Bengie Santos, 72, at front, leads an exercise class for older adults at the Dale Turner Family YMCA, April 30, 2026, in Shoreline, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Instructor Bengie Santos, 72, leads a class for older adults at the Dale Turner Family YMCA, April 30, 2026, in Shoreline, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Instructor Bengie Santos, 72, leads a class for older adults, including Lili Bonilla, in a yellow tracksuit, at the Dale Turner Family YMCA, April 30, 2026, in Shoreline, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)From left, Ann Kashiwa, Alma Alvarez-Smith and Pilar Madayag follow instructor Bengie Santos, 72, as she leads an exercise class for older adults at the Dale Turner Family YMCA, April 30, 2026, in Shoreline, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Participants do arm exercises in a class for older adults led by instructor Bengie Santos, 72, at the Dale Turner Family YMCA, April 30, 2026, in Shoreline, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Participants do arm exercises during an exercise class for older adults led by instructor Bengie Santos, 72, at the Dale Turner Family YMCA, April 30, 2026, in Shoreline, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)A participant grabs an exercise ball during a class for older adults led by instructor Bengie Santos at the Dale Turner Family YMCA, April 30, 2026, in Shoreline, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Eileen Weintraub uses light weights during a class for older adults led by Bengie Santos at the Dale Turner Family YMCA, April 30, 2026, in Shoreline, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Lili Bonilla raises light weights during an exercise class for older adults led by instructor Bengie Santos, 72, at the Dale Turner Family YMCA, April 30, 2026, in Shoreline, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Instructor Bengie Santos, 72, collects small exercise balls in between portions of her exercise class for older adults at the Dale Turner Family YMCA, April 30, 2026, in Shoreline, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Instructor Bengie Santos, 72, leads a class for older adults at the Dale Turner Family YMCA, April 30, 2026, in Shoreline, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)A participant uses light weights during a class for older adults led by instructor Bengie Santos at the Dale Turner Family YMCA, April 30, 2026, in Shoreline, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Instructor Bengie Santos, 72, leads a class for older adults, including Pilar Madayag, left, at the Dale Turner Family YMCA, April 30, 2026, in Shoreline, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Instructor Bengie Santos, 72, leads a class for older adults at the Dale Turner Family YMCA, April 30, 2026, in Shoreline, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)A participant uses an exercise band during a class for older adults led by instructor Bengie Santos at the Dale Turner Family YMCA, April 30, 2026, in Shoreline, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Ann Kashiwa, 91, right, uses an exercise band while taking a class for older adults led by instructor Bengie Santos at the Dale Turner Family YMCA, April 30, 2026, in Shoreline, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Instructor Bengie Santos, 72, foreground center, leads a class for older adults at the Dale Turner Family YMCA, April 30, 2026, in Shoreline, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
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Instructor Bengie Santos, 72, at front, leads an exercise class for older adults at the Dale Turner Family YMCA, April 30, 2026, in Shoreline, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)