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The Complete Guide to Training the Active Ager

Develop exercise programs for your most active aging clients that deliver what they are wanting the most:  RESULTS!


Developed by FAI Advisory Board Member Dr. Chris Thompson

Course Objectives:

  • Understand the Baby Boomer generation’s view on aging and how it should impact their exercise programming.
  • Appreciate the role of active aging on the maintenance of important functional capacities.
  • Learn the steps to onboard new active aging older clients through pre-participation screening, health history and motivational interviewing.
  • Determine the most effective assessment strategies for active aging clients and utilize cutting edge exercise program design guidance to make them “Jacks/Jills Of All Trades”.
  •  Adapt training programs for various common chronic conditions to ensure optimal results.

 

Course Overview:

-  Almost 3 hours of narrated PowerPoint video instruction arranged into 6 parts:

  • Part 1:  What is an Active Ager?
  • Part 2:  The Physiology of Active Aging
  • Part 3:  The Jack/Jill of All Trades Approach
  • Part 4:  Specific Exercise Program Design Guidance
  • Part 5:  Ensuring Exercise Safety
  • Part 6:  Modifications for Common Chronic Conditions

-  An 80+ page PDF manual complete with figures, tables, illustrations, web links and a full reference list that reflects the latest science and practice

-  Printable PDF resources to assist with your programming (e.g, PAR-Q+, Medical History, Decisional Balance Sheet, and much more!)

Christian J. Thompson, Ph.D.

Christian is an Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of San Francisco, an affiliate researcher in Neurology at UCSF Medical Center, and the owner of Thompson Fitness Solutions, LLC.  Christian has published scientific articles on exercise programming for older adults in peer-reviewed journals such as Translational Journal of the ACSM, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, and Journal of Applied Research.

Christian has been delivering balance training and fall risk reduction exercise programs to thousands of older San Franciscans since 2007 in the city-wide Always Active program (www.alwaysactive.org).  Chris’ professional service includes sitting on the advisory board of Vivo Fitness, the Medical Fitness Education Foundation and the FUNCTIONAL AGING Institute.  He serves as editor for the ACSM Health Fitness Journal.  He has also been the Chair of ACSM’s Interest Group on Aging and a member of ACSM’s Health & Fitness Summit Planning Committee.  

Christian is a member of the newly formed AgeWell Collective as well as a featured author of continuing education on older adult fitness programming hosted by the National Academy of Sports Medicine and has developed educational content for IDEA and TRX Training.  He has written for numerous lay and industry publications such as the ACSM Health Fitness Journal, PFP Magazine, IDEA Fitness Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Cleveland Clinic Health Newsletter, Arthritis Advisor, and GOLF Magazine.

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