Design for Agile Aging
January 17: Physiology of Aging & Benefits of Exercise

Topics: Changes in functional capacity (cardiovascular and strength), Impact of exercise on disease risk, Obesity and SEDS, Movement and balance, Is exercise the anti-aging pill?

Activities

• Warmup [Valerie]
• Talk by Anne: Changes in function with aging (w/ discussion of readings)
• Brief Frailty exercise [Anne]
• Break
• Talk by Anne: Exercise and Disease
• Movement exercises [Valerie]
• Discussion of experiences in interviews
• ILIW debrief [voluntary] - view results

Materials

• None
  

Due Before Class

• Exercise Assignment
  • view compiled list of student questions

Due Next Time

• Collected materials from field observations