One suggestion the authors had was to offer physical activity during social activities for seniors such as book clubs, quilting groups or bingo. Replacing as little as 30 minutes of sitting time a day with light activity may boost older adults' physical health, they said. Dunlop says she...
The complexity of aging and lacking motivation for physical activity in daily life are two of the most frequently cited barriers to older adults’ engagement in physical exercise [5,6,7]. When addressing physical activity behaviors, there is a need to understand the impact that self-determination...
G-Habits Are Non-Exercise Activities Healthy seniors seem to have benefited from G-habits perhaps because they retain those activities that target the stabilizer muscle system. Think of your grandmother or aunt who would never ignore a speck of lint on the floor, but quickly bent over to pick...
“Exercise is important to me”; (b) “Exercise is useful to me”; and (c) “Exercise is interesting to me”. Previous studies exploring the value in physical activity settings with university students have used similar items [22,27]. The students answered the following question related to ...