Fitness Resource List
Audio Programs
For Your Program Participants:
The Healthy Heart Walking Tape
One-hour cassette from the American Heart Association (AHA),
adapted from the AHA's Healthy Heart Walking Book. Tape is
divided into two walking workouts: a 30-minute beginner's
walk and a 30-minute intermediate walk. IBD Inc., P.O. Box 218,
Paramus, New Jersey 07653, 800-223-2336 ($12.00 plus $5.50
shipping/handling).
For Health/Fitness Professionals and Program Participants:
Seniorobics: The Fitness Guide for People 55+
Audiotape comes with an illustrated manual written for the home
exerciser, as well as for fitness instructors for older adults.
Focuses on building cardiovascular endurance but incorporates
flexibility, strength, and balance work. FitWise Programs, Inc.,
P.O. Box 759, Jericho, NY, 11753 ($7.95 plus $3.00
shipping/handling).
Print Resources
For Your Program Participants:
The Activity
Pyramid
Designed to motivate inconsistent adult exercisers. Brochures
cost 40 cents each (minimum order of 50 brochures). Park Nicollet
HealthSource, 3800 Park Nicollet Boulevard, Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55416, 1-800-372-7776
URL: www.healthsource.org
You also can order The Activity Pyramid for People Over 60 (see ordering information above). This brochure promotes the same message about physical activity while providing examples of specific activities for people age 60 and older that promote healthy aging.
Energize Yourself: Stay Physically Active
Provides examples of common activities adults can do to promote
physical activity and includes easy-to-use record logs.
Information targets middle-lower aged African American adults who
want to initiate a physical activity program. National Heart,
Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Information Center, P.O. Box
30105, Bethesda, Maryland 20824-0105, 301-592-8573
URL:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/
other/chdblack/energize.htm ($3.50)
Exercise: Finding the Time
Aimed at adults with limited time who are interested in becoming
more active. Illustrates how to incorporate common activities to
increase movement into a busy, daily routine. Fifty pamphlets
cost $16. Journeyworks Publishing, P.O. Box 8466, Santa Cruz,
California 95061-8466, 1-800-775-1998.
Exercise! Ten Tips to Get You Started
Ten easy tips to help people start getting physically active.
Fifty pamphlets cost $16. Journeyworks Publishing, P.O. Box 8466,
Santa Cruz, California 95061-8466, 1-800-775-1998.
Exercise Your Stress Away
Shows readers how exercise can help beat daily stress and
stress-related health problems. Fifty pamphlets cost $16.
Journeyworks Publishing, P.O. Box 8466, Santa Cruz, California
95061-8466, 1-800-775-1998.
Fit Again
Targets people who have been regularly active in the past and who
want to become active again. Helps readers draw on past success
and current motivation to re-establish a physically active
lifestyle. Fifty pamphlets for $16. ETR Associates, P.O. Box
1830, Santa Cruz, California 95061-1830, 1-800-321-4407
URL: www.etr.org
Fitness: What's in It for
Me?
Promotes personal benefits of a physically active lifestyle.
Includes self-assessments and addresses common barriers to
becoming active. Fifty pamphlets for $16. ETR Associates, P.O.
Box 1830, Santa Cruz, California 95061-1830, 1-800-321-4407
URL: www.etr.org
Get in on the
Action
Aimed at adults, including older adults, minorities, and people
initiating an exercise program. Focuses on using common daily
activities to promote lifelong physical activity. Packs of 25
brochures in English or Spanish for $5.00. American Heart
Association Fulfillment Center, Channing L. Bete Company, 200
State Road, South Deerfield, Massachusetts 01373,
1-800-611-6083
URL: www.channing-bete.com
Getting What You Want From
Exercise
Explains what physical fitness is, the benefits of being
physically active, and how to stay motivated in an exercise
program. Fifty pamphlets for $16. ETR Associates, P.O. Box 1830,
Santa Cruz, California 95061-1830, 1-800-321-4407
URL: www.etr.org
Just Move
Offers tips for developing a fun and sustainable physically
active lifestyle for those looking to get active. Promotes simple
daily activities and is appropriate for adults of all ages and
ethnic backgrounds. Packs of 50 brochures in English or Spanish
for $27.00. American Heart Association Fulfillment Center,
Channing L. Bete Company, 200 State Road, South Deerfield,
Massachusetts 01373, 1-800-611-6083
URL: www.channing-bete.com
Staying Fit
Shows people who are physically active on a regular basis how to
maintain long-term active lifestyle. Addresses strength-building
and flexibility routines, healthy eating, and tips for
maintaining a lifelong physical activity program. Order 50
pamphlets for $16. ETR Associates, P.O. Box 1830, Santa Cruz,
California 95061-1830, 1-800-321-4407
URL: www.etr.org.
Stepping Out
Discusses health benefits of walking and how to be safe in
different physical environments. Offers tips on how to make
walking a habit you'll stick with. National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, 400 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590,
202-366-4000.
For Health/Fitness Professionals:
Healthy People in Healthy Communities: A Community Planning
Guide Using Healthy People 2010
Demonstrates how to develop an action plan by building community
coalitions, creating a vision, measuring results, and creating
partnerships. Outlines strategies for starting community
activities. Healthy People 2010 Toolkit provides guidance,
technical tools, and resources to groups as they develop and
sustain a successful plan of action. You can find the planning
guide online (see URL below) or order it for $3.00 from the U.S.
Government Printing Office, Mail Stop SSOP, Washington, DC
20402-0001, 866-512-1800. You can download the Toolkit (see URL
below) or order it for $39 plus $5.50 shipping and handling per
copy from the Public Health Foundation, P.O. Box 753, Waldorf, MD
20602-0753, 877-252-1200.
Planning Guide:
www.health.gov/healthypeople/publications/HealthyCommunities2001
Toolkit:
www.health.gov/healthypeople/state/toolkit
Video Programs
For Your Program Participants:
Exercise: A Video from the National Institute on
Aging
National Institute on Aging
Forty-eight-minute video highlighting balance, stretching, and
strength-training. Accompanied by 80-page booklet,
"Exercise: A Guide From the National Institute on
Aging," which includes illustrations and written
explanations of exercises to do at home. $7.00 from NIAIC, Dept.
W, P.O. Box 8057, Gaithersburg, MD 20898-8057.
Fitness Forever
Tahoe Forest Hospital, American College of Sports Medicine,
Ayerst Laboratories, Inc.
Provides complete workout for older adults or adults of any age
just beginning an exercise program. Includes warm up, cool down,
and aerobics and strength-training sections. Also includes
exercises to improve flexibility and balance. $19.95 from Human
Kinetics, P.O. Box 5076, Champaign, Illinois 61825-5076,
1-800-747-4457
URL:
http://www.humankinetics.com/products/showproduct.cfm?isbn=0990023931
PACE (People With Arthritis Can Exercise) Level One
Arthritis Foundation
Includes sitting and standing exercises designed especially for
people physically hindered by arthritis. Includes tips for better
managing arthritis. Level-two program demonstrating exercises for
increasing range of motion and building endurance also available.
$19.50 each from the Arthritis Foundation, P.O. Box 19000,
Atlanta, Georgia 30326, 1-800-283-7800
URL:
www.arthritis.org/conditions/exercise/default.asp
http://24.104.4.141/conditions/exercise/default.asp
Personal Action Video
StayWell Company
Short (under 10 minutes), basic introduction to the U.S. Surgeon
General's recommendation to accumulate 30 minutes of moderate
physical activity on most days of the week. Shows average people
of all ages working physical activity into their daily routines:
mowing grass, washing a car, walking, swimming, and skating.
Briefly discusses stages of behavior change in relation to
physical activity habits. $79.00 from the StayWell Company, 1100
Grundy Lane, San Bruno, California 94066-3030, 1-800-333-3032.
For Health/Fitness Professionals and Program Participants:
Collage Video's Guide to Exercise Videos
Describes more than 350 videos and rates them according to level
of difficulty and popularity. Specialty section includes videos
especially appropriate for people age 50 and older. Walking,
strength-training, and flexibility videos listed throughout the
catalog also are suitable for exercise beginners or older
viewers. Collage Video, 5390 Main Street, NE, Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55421-1128, 1-800-433-6769.
Seniors Exercise Video and DVDs
This site includes videos geared towards older adults with varying levels of functionality. You may pick from programs for the Elderly, Recreation Group Exercises, Nursing Homes, Assisted Living, Senior Communities and Centers, Rehabilitaion, Basic Strengthening and Physical Therapy. All exercises can be done sitting or standing. Visit http://seniors-exercise-videos.com/
Web Sites
For Your Program Participants:
Just
Move
A virtual fitness center from the American Heart Association
providing online tools to get in shape. Includes an online
exercise diary, fitness resources, and fitness tips.
URL: www.justmove.org
Fifty-Plus Fitness
Association
Find answers to questions about physical and mental health. Also
lists information about upcoming fitness events for people 50+,
and fitness books and videos to order online.
URL: www.50plus.org
Shape Up
America!
Online fitness program is part of national health campaign
initiated by former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop. Helps
users of all ages assess their current fitness level online and
design a complete personal improvement plan to increase physical
activity, improve flexibility, and build strength and
cardiovascular fitness. Site offers body fat lab,
"support" center, cyberkitchen with healthy recipes,
and library.
URL: www.shapeup.org
For Health/Fitness Professionals:
CDC
Provides resources and information on showing adults how to
incorporate physical activity into their daily routines. The U.S.
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) includes facts
and trends data, as well as information on planning local events,
the media, and reaching your target audience.
URL: www.cdc.gov/page.do
Prevention Research
Center, University of South Carolina School of Public
Health
Includes a directory with summaries and reviews of physical
activity promotion materials developed by a number of different
sources, such as the federal government and the American Heart
Association. Also has a listserv and directory of Web sites and
national organizations, coalitions, and councils related to
physical activity and health promotion.
URL: http://prevention.sph.sc.edu
Active Aging
Partnership
Includes tips, advice, and research on active aging from many
authoritative sources. Also features a media section, discussion
board, and list of conferences and events relating to active
aging. The partnership includes AARP, the American Geriatrics
Society, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
National Council on Aging, and the American College of Sports
Medicine.
URL: www.agingblueprint.org
International Council on Active
Aging
Includes articles, research center, frequently-asked questions,
and events calendar. The ICAA is the only industry association
that is completely dedicated to the active aging market.
URL: www.icaa.cc
* All prices quoted in this list are subject to change at the time of ordering.
