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The Journal on Active Aging brings articles of value to professionals dedicated to older-adult quality of life. Content sweeps across the active-aging landscape to focus on education and practice. Find articles of interest by searching the article archives in three ways: Enter a keyword in the articles search bar; click on search by topic; or type a keyword or phrase in the general search bar at the top of the page.
Topic- Exercise
Splash! Improving swim skills & drills, part 2: the backstroke, breaststroke & butterfly by Mary E. Sanders, PhD, CDE, RCEP, FACSM, and Nebojsa Bikic
By addressing common mistakes in technique, swimmers of all ages can enhance their skills to produce safer, smoother and more effective strokes that improve swimming performance. Part 1 of this article explored common errors and corrective drills for the freestyle stroke, or front crawl. In part 2, we’ll tackle the “3 Bs” of swimming strokes: the backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly.
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The Power of Posture: a program to encourage optimal posture by Terry Eckmann, PhD, and Dayna Stoddart, BScPT
Many parents encourage their children to “sit up straight” or “stand tall” to help them develop good posture. Why? Adults understand the impact of good posture on appearance. Fewer may realize that good posture is vital to overall health and well-being. The Power of Posture program promotes body awareness and alignment, functional movement patterns, and proper movements to encourage optimal posture.
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Splash! Improving swim skills & drills, part 1: the freestyle stroke by Mary E. Sanders, PhD, CDE, RCEP, FACSM, and Nebojsa Bikic
It's never too late for people to learn how to swim for health and fitness, or to brush up on techniques that will improve performance. This two-part article offers active-aging professionals and swim enthusiasts a swim clinic that addresses common mistakes in technique among participants and helps them achieve a smooth glide. The first installment offers skills and drills for the freestyle.
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Senior PUMP: a high-level fitness program incorporates functional movements by Michael McCann, MS, Jeff Rose, BS, MBA, Jessica N. Enriquez, BS, ACSM, PT, and Jenna Belt, BS, ACSM, PT, RYT
At Friendship Village of Schaumburg, Illinois, the Lifestyles team has developed a new level of a higher-engagement fitness program and introduced it to the independent-living area of our continuing care retirement community. This program, called Senior PUMP (Physical-Uplifting-Motivational-Power), takes elements of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and adapts them for older adults.
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A prescription for success: performing negative exercise in water to achieve positive results by , Mary E. Sanders, PhD, CDE, RCEP, FACSM, and James A. Peterson, PhD, FACSM
Given a choice, almost every health/fitness professional who trains older participants would be receptive to learning a better way to exercise-one that is more productive (results-wise) and more efficient (time-wise), as well as being just as (if not more) safe. In reality, such an option exists, although some professionals may not be aware of eccentric, or negative, training. While more challenging to do in the water than on land, eccentric exercise is safe, effective and efficient for older adults.
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Using the small ball for function and fun by Brenda Jurich, BA
Repeat and redo, restore and renew. That is the cycle group-fitness instructors go through over and over again. We thirst for new ideas and new ways to challenge our participants and still have fun. Besides the intrinsic value of bringing joy, color and fun to a class, the small ball is a versatile accessory to use for stretching, mind/body exercises and strength training.
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