THE PAR-Q The Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) is a 1-page form to see if you should check with your doctor before becoming much more physically active. If you are between the ages of 15 and 69, the PAR-Q will tell you if you should check with your doctor before you start. If you are over 69 years of age, and you are not used to being very active, check with your doctor. THE PARmed-X PARmed-X is a 4-page physical activity-specific checklist to be used by a physician with patients who have had positive responses to the PAR-Q. CCAA Research Director, Dr. Don Paterson, was actively involved in crafting the new guidelines that were released in January 2011. The new guidelines are reflective of the best and most recent evidence of the type, intensity and duration of exercise older adults need to do in order to gain health and fitness benefits. Check out the Guidelines here: Canada's Physical Activity Guidelines for Older Adults- 65y+ Key Message! Older adults need to accumulate 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous- intensity aerobic physical activity per week! Download the new CCAA brochure on the updated Physical Activity Guidelines for Older Adults here: Get Fit for Active Living is an eight week education and exercise program designed to introduce older adults to the benefits of exercise and how to build an exercise program. See if a GFAL program is running in your community! eaTracker is an online program that can help you set exercise goals and keep track of your progress- Try it out here. Go4Life An exercise and physical activity campaign from the National Institute on Aging at NIH, designed to help you fit exercise and physical activity into your daily life. For great tips and stories about older adult fitness, click here: Go4Life ParticipACTION ParticipACTION is the national voice of physical activity and sport participation in Canada. Through leadership in communications, capacity building and knowledge exchange, ParticipACTION inspire and support Canadians to move more. Exercise is Medicine-Public Effective tools and resources for using exercise as a ‘medicine’ to help prevent or manage many of the most common chronic health conditions. Click here: Exercise is Medicine-Public Public Health Agency of Canada- Physical Activity Tips for Older Adults Physical activity plays an important role in your health, well-being and quality of life. These tips will help you improve and maintain your health by being physically active every day.
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