This three-workshop series is for older adults who want to learn how to move and use their bodies and are not content to simply sit on the couch getting older. Research points to development of chronic disease in older populations not as a consequence of aging alone, but as a product of decreased activity and less-than-healthy lifestyle choices.

Strength training can help both stave off, as well as reduce, the effects of many chronic diseases. As the old adage goes: “If you don’t move it, you lose it.”

THIS WORKSHOP WILL HELP GUIDE YOU IN:

• Building muscular strength and joint integrity
• Increase and maintain your bone density 
• Improving cardiovascular function
• Improving pulmonary function
• Improving balance, coordination, and mobility
• Reducing your risk of falling (and be more resilient in case you do)
• Maintaining independence and improve quality of life

WHAT DOES A CLASS LOOK LIKE?

A typical class will start with an assessment on your capabilities and limitations, a series of light warm up movements to get your heart and joints ready for exercise. From there we’ll move onto the strength training portion of class, using a variety of tools to help you develop strength. You’ll use both weight training and body weight exercises of the upper and lower body to develop and maintain muscular strength and joint integrity.

Further information and brief videos about this course.

Your Instructor: Christian Liriano. Liriano is a certified Functional Aging Specialist (FAI), Training the Older Adult (TOA) Ambassador and the founder of TrainWithChris LLC. He also studies biology at the City University of New York.

DATES/TIMES (Select 1, 2 or 3 sessions)

• Thursday Sept. 14 10-11 AM EDT or 3-4 PM EDT
  *This session is required.
• Tuesday Sept. 19 10-11 AM EDT or 3-4 PM EDT
• Thursday Sept. 21 10-11 AM EDT or 3-4 PM EDT

REGISTRATION FEE: $20 Per Session