Why Walking Isn’t Enough
This is an excerpt from Age Strong by Rachel Cosgrove.Aerobics, walking, spinning, or whatever the... Read More
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
This is an excerpt from Age Strong by Rachel Cosgrove.Now that you’ve overcome every excuse... Read More
Understanding NEAT and Adaptations
This is an excerpt from Age Strong by Rachel Cosgrove.NEAT stands for non-exercise activity thermogenesis,... Read More
Developing Optimal Training Stimulus and Avoiding Overtraining
This is an excerpt from Fitness Professional's Handbook 8th Edition With HKPropel Access by Barbara... Read More
Create guidelines for senior group testing
It has been our experience that both practitioners and researchers generally find it preferable to... Read More
Discover the importance of fitness testing in later years
Most of us would agree that quality of life in later years depends to a... Read More
Educating and motivating Senior Fitness Test participants
After administering the SFT to your clients or program participants, we suggest that you meet... Read More
Identifying the recommended senior fitness standards
As is typical in the process of establishing criterion-based standards, a combination of processes—subjective reasoning,... Read More
Improving strength in seniors
Briefly, strength is increased by gradually increasing the resistance placed on a muscle (i.e., by... Read More