An eight-week group resistance training program helps older adults maintain long-term exercise habits and increase their self-confidence, research finds.
A new study finds that even when gyms were closed and other COVID-19 restrictions limited face-to-face meetings, older adults who completed the Stay Strong, Stay Healthy exercise program continued to maintain long-term exercise habits independently. That effort resulted in improved lifestyle changes and an increase in both physical energy and self-confidence.
“We sent the surveys three months, six months, nine months, and 12 months after their first Stay Strong, Stay Healthy class,” says Kristin Miller, an assistant extension professor at the University of Missouri School of Health Professions….