Strength Training for Seniors: Where to Start

How do we encourage and inspire strength training for seniors and older clients?

Timestamps are listed at the end of this description.

Last month I was invited to talk on the Therapy Update stage at Therapy Expo 2021. The talk was titled 'Encouraging our ageing population to get strong'. This gave me a great opportunity to share my thoughts on how we can encourage our older generation to participate in exercises that focus on muscle strengthening. I also cover strategies to help people stay motivated with strength training so that they don't give up after a month or two.

I didn’t want the slides and content to go to waste. So I have recorded the talk again at home so that I can share it with you here.

This talk will benefit you if:
- You attended the talk and want to rewatch any particular areas that were discussed.
- You are a rehab professional who wasn’t able to attend the talk in person and who would like to know more about encouraging older adults to lift weights.
- You aren’t a rehab professional of any form but someone over the age of 60 who wants to learn more about getting started with strength training and lifting weights.

Time stamps:
00:00 Intro
01:31 What we'll cover
02:03 Who is Chris Tiley?
04:14 What are the physical activity guidelines?
08:25 The basic principles of strength training.
11:21 Strength Training Courses for Physiotherapists and Sports Therapists
12:11 How do we encourage older adults to start strength training?
13:55 What are the benefits of strength training?
17:17 How can strength training improve your lifestyle?
24:41 What are the objections to starting strength training?
26:09 Dispel any myths about strength training and lifting weights.
28:45 Strength training success stories.
33:17 Make a strength training plan.
36:04 Summary
38:05 Contact details for Never Too Old to Lift

USEFUL LINKS:

If you're interested in learning more about getting started with strength training as an older adult, I have a free ebook that will guide you through all the theory that you'll need in order to take action.
To get your copy go to...
https://nevertoooldtolift.com/start-here/

If you don't like the idea of reading off a screen and would like a physical copy of the book, then it is available to purchase from Amazon. Find it by going to...
https://geni.us/ntotlbook

If you would like a more interactive way of working through the content and would like to have access to me via weekly group Zoom calls to ask questions, then you might be interested in the 'Stronger for Life' online course.
To learn more go to...
https://nevertoooldtolift.com/course

To see me in person (based in Birmingham, UK) for a physiotherapy assessment or to develop and strengthening program then go to...
https://christileyphysiotherapy.com/
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