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Periodically some list members ask for advice about which certification to
seek – well, the following research study showed that NSCA and ACSM appeared
to be the best options and recommended that higher levels of formal
educational training should be regarded as highly advisable for all fitness
certification schemes.

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J of Strength & Conditioning Research: Vol 16, No 1, pp. 19–24

Malek, MH, Nalbone DP, Berger DE, Coburn JW Importance of health science
education for personal fitness trainers.

ABSTRACT

Using a questionnaire developed for the current study, the Fitness
Instructors Knowledge Assessment (FIKA©), we examined relations between
commonly used indicators of knowledge (training and experience) and actual
knowledge in the five areas of (a) nutrition, (b) health screening, (c)
testing protocols, (d) exercise prescription, and (e) general training
knowledge regarding special populations. FIKA provided reliable measures of Read more…

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Posted by: Mel Siff Blog : Category: Main Content. The resources are out there such as e-mail list serves like 'Supertraining,' fitness books, fellow gym members (although not always the most accurate of sources), and fitness magazines. ...

>Has anyone some information about the relationship and correlation
>of strength, aerobic capacity, motor coordination (or balance) and
>flexibility in older adults contributing to daily motor competence?
>I know about the research in one or the other area but have not
>found any research where all the components are measured and
>some training could be extracted from it e.g. how many strength
>exercises, how much endurance training and how much motor
>coordination should a fitness program for elderly contain. >

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MEDLINE INFORMATION

You will find a great deal of scientific information on this topic on
Medline. If you have not tried this free resource, join via the following
website:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/

Then use search terms such as “fitness in elderly”, “balance and elderly”,
“senior fitness” or whatever more specific combination that you need.

TAI CHI & THE ELDERLY

Here are a few articles on the use of Tai Chi with the elderly:

Lan C, Lai JS, Wong M, Yu M. 1996 Cardiorespiratory function, flexibility,
and body composition among geriatric Tai Chi Chuan practitioners. Arch Phys
Med Rehabil. 1996 Jun;77(6):612-6.

Tse S, Bailey DM. 1992 T’ai Chi and postural control in the well elderly. Am
J Occ Ther. 46:295–300.

Wolf SL, Barnhart HX, Kutner NG, et al. 1996 Reducing frailty and falls in
older persons: an investigation of Tai Chi and computerized balance training,
Atlanta FICSIT Group. J Am Geriatr Soc 44:489-497.

Wolf SL, Coogler C, Xu T. 1997 Exploring the basis for Tai Chi as a
therapeutic exercise approach. Arch Phy Med & Rehab 78:886-892.

Wolfson, L, Whipple R, Derby C, et al. 1996 Balance and strength in older
adults: intervention gains and Tai Chi maintenance. J Am Geriatr Soc
44:498-506.

GENERAL FITNESS FOR SENIORS

http://www.discoveryhealth.com/DH/ihtIH/WSDSC000/7165/8923/36176.html?d=dmtCon
tent

http://seniorliving.about.com/people/seniorliving/msub_exercise.htm?iam=mt&ter
ms=%2Bfitness+%2Band+%2Belderly

http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus65300/eus65303/eus77824/eus541028/eus54857/eu
s54910/eus83525/eus70472/r?l&pin=000818×7c92ba86528c7636a21&

Search for many others websites using this metasearch engine:

http://www.metacrawler.com

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Dr Mel C Siff