Fitness
KleinLife has a number of options for active adult
basketball players.
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But somehow he’s still able to hold his own. “I
play in the 55-and-over league,” said Levine, who
works seven days a week at his daughter’s restau-
rant, Randi’s, in the Northeast. “At this stage of the
game, I take a couple shots, set a pick, get a re-
bound. And I can still run the floor.”
He’s selling himself short, according to one
longtime fellow Klein participant. “He’s tough as
nails and as competitive as can be,” said Charlie
Pavlov, who not only plays at Klein during their
weekly Thursday night league games, but also
when they play pickup ball Tuesdays. “We always
talk about getting ‘Norty-sized’ when he hits you.
Believe me, you feel it.”
And don’t just think you can show up cold and
compete with these guys. “Let’s put it this way,”
said Levine, who’s competed frequently in the Senior Olympics,
where he’s won gold medals in the 3-on-3 competition. “If you were
a jogger and said, ‘I think I’m gonna start playing with you guys,’
you can’t do it. Basketball is a tough, physical game, with all the
jumping up and down and the banging. You can jog and be in shape,
but being in basketball shape is different.”
Basketball is big at Kaiserman, too, where they have leagues
running constantly. “We have a great basketball program,” said
Berk, who’s been working for local JCCs in some capacity since
1991, while also serving as local delegation head for the Maccabi
Games. “We have 50-and-over, 60-and-over — what we affection-
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“Basketball’s a very big thing. We have a bunch of guys who
come in for lunchtime pickup games. Sometimes, we have both
courts going.”
That’s not all. During the summer, swimming is a big thing, while
a few members may play tennis. Unlike Klein, there’s no indoor
pool, though.
But the lifeblood at Kaiserman is its wide array of exercise classes,
which are conducted by certified professionals. And if you don’t feel
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