Mark your calendar for the Arnold 2009 Active Aging Festival scheduled for Friday March 6 as part of the Arnold Festival Weekend.
A new exciting format, more options for entertainment and a popular, featured star will highlight this third Active Aging Festival. Watch for more details soon.
Survey results from the 2008 Festival showed attendees were pleased with the event and intend to return in 2009. Those who responded reported:
• a high interest in sports and fitness;
• aerobics, weight training and walking were the most common activities;
• more than half also said they usually spend 45-60 minutes each time they exercise; and,
• most engaged in sports or fitness activities 3 to 6 days a week.
Some highlights of the 2008 program included remarks from local, national and international experts. Here's a sampling…
Deborah Redder, creator of the nationally recognized SilverSneakers Group Exercise Program led a low impact kick-off exercise routine with some local VIPs. Her program provides insurance-sponsored fitness center memberships and group exercise classes to Medicare eligible adults. SilverSneakers stresses the value of exercise as it relates to prevention as the "best medicine."
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