In this week’s episode, we’re discussing the importance of strength training for our aging athletes/ populations. I truly believe that strength training is a sustainable movement practice that can allow an individual to live a healthy, thriving, and active life for their entire lives. Strength training isn’t just for athletes in sport or younger demographics - we’re seeing more individuals above the age of 50 getting into the gym and participating in some sort of resistance training. 

I wanted to cover this topic for a couple of different reasons. First, if you are a coach, trainer, or practitioner and work with this older demographic, hopefully some of the insight provided will help guide decision making when working with these individuals. Secondly, we are (technically) ALL aging athletes and there are some important considerations to make as we get older and things start to change with our body and movement.

In this episode we discuss the importance of strength & conditioning, common misconceptions about working with the senior population, programming considerations, and coaching the aging athlete. Hope this provides some value for you as a coach, athlete, and human, or it provides information you can share with loved ones in your life!

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