Ange: THE PURDUE EXTENSION
HAS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM TO
ENCOURAGE FITNESS AS WE AGE.
TONYA SHORT IS THE EXTENSION
EDUCATOR AND SHE IS HERE TO
TALK ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
I LOVE THE NAME OF THE, GO FOR
LIFE.
THAT'S IAND INITIATIVE OF THE
- - ENCOURAGING OLDER ADULTS TO
STAY ACTIVE.
Ange: WHAT SORTS OF 'S ARE
IN THE PROGRAM THAT WOULD
ENCOURAGE ADULTS THAT HAVE BEEN
SEDENTARY?
WE HAVE RESOURCES TO HELP
FOLKS GAUGE WHERE THEY
CURRENTLY ARE IN THEIR PHYSICAL
LEVEL.
SO DON'T BE INTIMIDATED BY
THINKING, I AM NOT AT THAT
LEVEL.
THIS PROGRAM ISN'T FOR ME.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, IT IS
FOR YOU.
AND WE WOULD TALK ABOUT FOUR
BASIC TYPES OF EXERCISE.
BALANCE, FLEXIBILITY, ENDURANCE
AND STRENGTH.
THEY ARE ALL IMPORTANT.
PEOPLE TEND TO FOCUS ON ONE OR
THE OTHER.
SO WE WILL HAVE MATERIALS.
WE WILL DO PRACTICE EXERCISES.
DON'T BE INTIMIDATED.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE OPTIONS FOR
YOUR ABILITY LEVEL TO PRACTICE
AND THEN GO HOME WITH RESOURCES
SO YOU CAN START YOUR OWN
ROUTINE AT HOME.
Ange: YOU WILL STAGE AN
EVENT TO WALK PEOPLE THROUGH
THIS PROGRAM DID WHEN WILL THAT
BE?
SEPTEMBER 12 AT THE GIBSON
CENTER IN FORT BRANCH FROM 8:30
A.M. -12:30 PM.
IT'S $10.
Ange: THEY ARE TAKING HOME
MATERIALS WITH THEM.
ABSOLUTELY.
THE GOAL IS THAT THEY HAVE
ENOUGH RESOURCES AT THEIR
FINGERTIPS WHEN THEY GO HOME TO
START THEIR OWN OR CONTINUE
THEIR OWN ROUTINE.
IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS,
EXTENSION IS IN EVERY COUNTY IN
INDIANA.
THEY CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT FOR
SUPPORT.
Ange: FOR THOSE THAT DON'T
HAVE A COMPUTER, THEY WILL WANT
THIS HARD COPY OF INFORMATION.
WHEN YOU LAUNCH AN INITIATIVE,
SOMEONE'S DONE RESEARCH TO SAY
THIS IS A NICHE WE NEED TO
FILL.
WHAT WAS THE BACKGROUND BEHIND
THIS?
ARE THEY SEEING MORE SEDENTARY
SENIORS OR WHAT ARE THE AGING
ISSUES?
I THINK WE HAVE, WE TALK
ABOUT THE GRAYING OF AMERICA.
BABY BOOMERS ARE AGING.
ABOUT DIABETES AND
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND
THOSE ARE REAL AND AFFECT A LOT
OF PEOPLE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE THE
MOST IS THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS
ABOUT FALLING.
