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Functional Aging/Older Adults
Power training for your active agers can be a vital part of programming. By helping your clients maintain speed, you will do them the service of training them for the sport of life.
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Effectively training clients requires us to listen to their needs, but equally important is the knowledge that they can hear you clearly. And then consider those whose hearing loss may make them feel excluded from the fitness world.
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When promoting the value of regular exercise, consider sharing the bank account benefits from lower healthcare costs in the golden years.
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What are the best exercises for menopause? A combo of aerobic and strength training seem to be the most effective exercise program.
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There may be benefits of tai chi for weight loss. Researchers investigated whether tai chi effectively reduces belly fat in older adults.
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Research finds that people with hearing loss have significantly poorer physical function over time compared with those with good hearing.
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If you’d like to elevate your fitness services, adding yoga for seniors will set you apart and help your older clients even more.
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With COVID-19, early symptoms of infection vary among age groups and between men and women. That’s the conclusion of a paper that appeared recently in The Lancet Digital Health. The biggest differences occur between older adults (60 and over) and younger people (16–59 ). However, the first signs of illness also vary between women and men. Researchers from…
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Inactive people may have a second chance. Increasing physical activity in later life benefits benefits life expectancy, according to a study.
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Fall prevention is a vital part of functional training for your aging clients. Changes in communication between the nervous and muscular systems as age we are likely to result in a loss of balance, which is a risk factor in the older population. Kyle Stull, DHSc, a content development manager at NASM and an instructor for the Department of Health and Human Performance at Concordia University, offers some practical advice in training clients for fall prevention.
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Loss of functional abilities significantly impacts life quality. Here we offer a brief overview of functional training methods.
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How do you motivate older athletes? Researchers conducted a qualitative study to understand what motivates older male and female triathletes.
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Why tai chi? These Chinese movement patterns have been around for centuries. In recent years, study after study has proven their benefits—particularly for older exercisers—yet most fitness professionals seem to know little about the practice. That’s too bad, because just about any fitness client can learn tai chi, and any fitness professional can teach it.…
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Preserving muscle strength and function and maintaining a healthy body composition are important objectives for older women.
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Older women who did resistance band training showed significant improvements in functional fitness and in glucose, according to a study.
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Losing muscle and gaining fat are expected for women over 40, but the right resistance training can positively affect body composition.
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Boost the morale of older athletes by letting them know that, in certain sports, age is an advantage, according to recent findings.
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Although many trainers may believe that ongoing stroke recovery is either the sole purview of physical therapists or limited to those so infirmed that progress is limited, there is an incredible opportunity to make a profound difference to survivors.
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Programming exercises for seniors is more important than ever, especially now that travel is opening up again, but your clients may not have kept up with their workouts over this last year. Here are some great ways to prepare your active agers for more adventure.
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The ICAA’s recent Call to Action invites businesses and organizations to implement wellness strategies to improve health for seniors.
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