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Provider: ACE - American Council On Exercise
Type: Online Course
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CEC Credits: ACE 0.1 CECs
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Help Active Agers Live Their Best Lives

As the active aging market continues to grow in numbers, clients are looking for trained exercise professionals to help them manage their aches and pains, injuries and post-surgery exercise plans. With 78 million people aged 65 and older projected to be living in the United States by 2035 according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the demand for qualified professionals is high.

In this video training let by Erika Quest, PMA-CPT, you will learn common concerns facing this aging demographic and corrective exercises to meet their needs. You will learn to build confidence in exercise programming and discover training strategies for Baby Boomers. In addition, you will understand how to help your clients improve brain, body and balance functioning so they can better perform the normal activities of daily life.

You will learn:

  • To understand general concerns for the active aging market
  • To perform and conduct evidence-based exercise protocol specific to the needs of active agers
  • To create programming that improves the brain, body and balance for active aging clients
  • To address and learn strategies to improve functional, social and psychological age

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Dianne (ACE Certified Professional)

I am starting to work with the senior community and I found this very helpful to better understand the objectives for each class. It was nice to hear not to be afraid of clients that have dementia, parkinsons, strokes, arthritis etc.

Mary (ACE Certified Professional)

Erika gives a wonderful course! I will be putting her ideas to good use with my senior fitness classes!