ACTIVE AGING

This comprehensive resource focuses on frail elders and older adults with special needs stemming from conditions including arthritis, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, orthopedic issues, osteoporosis, Parkinsons disease, and Alzheimers disease. The updated second edition provides a broader focus on balance, a critical component of any functional fitness program, to aid in designing classes that include stability exercises. Over 150 photos illustrate how to safely perform exercises for functional fitness, including an emphasis on range of motion, strength, and aerobic endurance.
Exercise for Frail Elders, Second Edition Elizabeth Best-Martini, MS, CTRS, and Kim A. Jones-DiGenova, MA 2014 Hardback, e-book 336 pp ISBN 978-1-4504-1609-2 $59.00 ($65.95 CDN, 39.99 UK, 52.00 EURO, $77.90 AUS, $97.00 NZ)

NEW EDITION!
February 2014

This text provides a multifaceted periodized training program specifically for older adults. Readers will find the tools needed to help clients slow the physical decline that can accompany aging. Photos and video demonstrations on the DVD make it easy to implement this training system with clients. Training strategies help improve body composition, flexibility, bone density, muscular strength and power, and cardiovascular fitness, and unique translational exercises simulate everyday activities for improved daily function.
Bending the Aging Curve: The Complete Exercise Guide for Older Adults Joseph F. Signorile, PhD 2011 Paperback with DVD 328 pp ISBN 978-0-7360-7445-2 $48.00 ($53.95 CDN, 36.99 UK, 48.10 EURO, $63.40 AUS, $78.90 NZ)

This resource offers a range of balance and mobility assessments, and instructions on implementing the FallProof! program. The bound-in DVD shows how to administer tests, demonstrates selected exercise progressions for the major program modules, and provides a sample FallProof! class session.
FallProof! A Comprehensive Balance and Mobility Training Program, Second Edition Debra J. Rose, PhD 2010 Hardback with DVD 328 pp ISBN 978-0-7360-6747-8 $69.00 ($76.95 CDN, 54.99 UK, 71.50 EURO, $91.10 AUS, $113.50 NZ)

Contains the tools needed to assist older adults in committing to and benefiting from individualized strength training programs. Guidelines for training provide a basis for program design, and recommendations for modifications assist in constructing programs that meet each clients needs.
Fitness Professionals Guide to Strength Training Older Adults, Second Edition Thomas R. Baechle, EdD, CSCS,*D; NSCA-CPT,*D, and Wayne Westcott, PhD, CSCS 2010 Paperback, e-book 344 pp ISBN 978-0-7360-7581-7 $38.00 ($42.95 CDN, 25.99 UK, 33.80 EURO, $50.20 AUS, $62.50 NZ)

This text provides a framework for the critical shift from expectations of decline to an age-neutral focus on maximizing functional ability. It provides an introduction to aging and wellness and an essential guide to creating exercise and wellness programs for older adults, regardless of physical challenge.
Exercise and Wellness for Older Adults: Practical Programming Strategies, Second Edition Kay A. Van Norman, MS 2010 Paperback, e-book 176 pp ISBN 978-0-7360-5768-4 $44.00 ($48.95 CDN, 29.99 UK, 39.00 EURO, $58.10 AUS, $72.50 NZ)

This activity-based program will help improve balance and mobility for both fit and frail older adults. It offers more than 130 balance and mobility exercises that enhance older adults abilities to maintain balance in completing their everyday tasks.
ABLE Bodies Balance Training Sue Scott, MS 2008 Paperback, e-book 464 pp ISBN 978-0-7360-6468-2 $52.00 ($57.95 CDN, 39.99 UK, 52.00 EURO, $68.60 AUS, $85.50 NZ)

Provides safe and effective physical activity programs for improving the functional performance levels of adults over the age of 65, as well as improving their health-related quality of life. Each program is designed to work with busy schedules, a variety of participants needs, and institutional budgets.
Functional Fitness for Older Adults Patricia A. Brill, PhD 2004 Paperback 144 pp ISBN 978-0-7360-4656-5 $43.00 ($47.95 CDN, 29.99 UK, 39.00 EURO, $56.80 AUS, $70.70 NZ)

Explore the field of free radical biology, exercise, and aging with this definitive reference. This text addresses whether free radicals released during exercise accelerate the aging process, and clarifies the importance of exercise in increasing the efficiency of the antioxidant and oxidative repair systems.
Free Radicals in Exercise and Aging Zsolt Radk, PhD, Editor 2000 Hardback 280 pp ISBN 978-0-88011-881-1 $62.00 ($68.95 CDN, 41.99 UK, 54.60 EURO, $81.80 AUS, $102.00 NZ)

Also see: Journal of Aging and Physical Activity (page 54)

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