Exercise Benefits for Older Adults Flashcards
Young Old
65-74 years
Middle Old
75-84 years
Old Old
85-99 years
Oldest Old (Centenarians
100+ years
mTOR
Body’s switch board for the rate of aging
Committed Couch Potatoes
This group is happily sedentary, virtually nothing the industry could do to get them off the couch.
Habitual Exercisers
This group has built exercise into their lives, small segment of population
Planners
This group has good intentions, but thought physical activity was too hard.They had trouble fitting exercise into their lives, getting started or figuring out what to do. Felt like they should listen to their body. No one should tell us what to do. “we’ve done enough whenwe are tired and our body tells us we’ve done enough”
Tryers
This group built exercise into their lives, but could not figure how to reach the minimal ACSM guidelines of 30 minutes a day. Look to others for information and guidelines
Chronological Age
The passage of time from birth in years
Biological Age
(AKA primary aging)-Refers to a group of processes within the body that eventually lead to loss of adaptability, disease, physical impairments, functional limitations, disability, and eventual death
Functional Age
has to do with one’s functional fitness in comparison with others the same age and gender. For example, an 80 year old woman may have the aerobic endurance of a woman in the 60 – 64 age category.
Usual Aging
(normal aging)- refers to the way most people age and is characterized by a gradual decline in body function, leading to physical impairments, disease, functional limitations, and eventually the onset of disability and death
Pathological Aging
(abnormal aging)- generally refers to the way individuals age who are genetically predisposed to certain diseases or have high-risk negative lifestyles that lead to premature disability and death. Poor eating habits, smoking, excessive alcohol use
Successful Aging
people with better than average physiological and psychosocial characteristics in late life and healthy genes.
