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How to Stay Fit as You Age

Series: Great Courses
4.2
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Episodes
18
Rating
TVPG
Year
2013
Language
English
Publisher
The Great Courses

About

As people get older, they discover changes in how their bodies move and behave, changes that contradict how young they feel on the inside. But it is possible to transform the experience of aging into a positive and, above all, healthy one. And it all starts with staying fit. Certified fitness and wellness consultant Dr. Bonura helps viewers create and practice a balanced, adaptable fitness program.

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Episodes

1. Aging with Optimism - A Holistic Approach

30m

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What age is considered 'old'? What three health-promoting characteristics make up the foundation of healthy old age? What is a personal 'locus of control', and why is it so important to have one? These and other questions are answered in this first step on a journey that can change lives.

2. Getting and Staying Motivated

30m

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Dr. Bonura discusses the secrets of motivation and illustrates the six stages of behavioral change: pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and termination. She also offers tips on conquering several common barriers to change, including procrastination, preconditioned beliefs, and a fear of discomfort.

3. Self-Care Fundamentals

30m

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Explore the fundamentals of self-care, which involves choosing behaviors that help balance the stress of modern life. As sleep, nutrition, mental exercise, and stress management are examined, viewers will learn ways to promote self-care in their lives through incorporating pre-sleep rituals, strengthening long-term memory with puzzles, and more.

4. Fitness Fundamentals - Choose Your Activity

30m

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How can people use physical activity to take better care of themselves? Find out with this helpful episode on the components of physical fitness, including three that specifically support healthy aging. Then, viewers will learn the basics behind any successful fitness plan, and how to develop one that works for them personally.

5. Fitness beyond the Gym - Active Daily Living

30m

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The gym is not necessary for incorporating movement into daily life. Here, discover how to stay active throughout the day. By making small, simple choices, such as walking with a colleague instead of e-mailing, taking a dance class, or cultivating better posture, people can move better. And feel better, too.

6. It's Not Just Physical - Mindful Fitness

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Mindful fitness is an important part of aging healthfully and involves exercises that cultivate unity between the mind and the body. Among the many exercises that are discussed here are basic yoga, tai chi, martial arts, and meditation, all of which combine physical exercise with deliberate breathing and mental training.

7. Motivation - Goals and Willpower

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Take another look at why solid goals and environmental support are key to staying healthy while aging. Viewers will explore each of the five characteristics of a good goal and discover how their environment affects their health-promoting decisions and supports their willpower.

8. Friends, Fitness, and Social Support

30m

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Whether people want them to or not, friends and family have an effect on overall fitness. Dr. Bonura shows how to leverage the social circle at work and at home to support personal well-being. How can relationships inspire health? And how can fitness cultivate stronger relationships?

9. Accepting a New Reality

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Eating disorders such as bulimia and binge eating. Exercise addiction and overtraining. Explore these and other obsessive behaviors that occur when fitness doesn't support but consumes someone's life. Learn what causes them, find out how someone can get help, and lower personal risk by cultivating expectations that are more realistic.

10. Challenges - Illness and Chronic Pain

30m

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How people respond to the illnesses and pain that come with advancing age can lead to drastically different outcomes in their ability to maintain or rebuild their physical health. This episode includes exercises that can reduce pain and improve function.

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