what should you do as a senior’s personal trainer
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An ideal body workout
program for senior loved
ones is usually very vital
for their overall health.
This is because body
exercises for seniors are
usually ideal and very
beneficial to them in the
following ways.
Firstly body workout forseniors will help them todevelop core strength.
Core strength in seniorscomes in as ideal in assistingthem to carry out their dayto day chores.
Daily household chores suchas lifting stuff, sweeping, orairing laundry need idealcore strength.
Body exercises are also ideal in keeping
the seniors muscles strong.
For instance developing their quads
and controlling any loss of bone
density.
Body workout will also assist seniors in
developing the cardio health.
It will therefore improve their heart beat
rate and ability to control possible
heart attacks.
As if that is not enough,body exercises will assistseniors to be flexible.
At senior ages flexibility injoints is important inminimizing any joint injuries.
Also body workout willimprove balance and assistin controlling falls that arerelated to senior age.
In addition to that
constant exercises will
minimize depression.
It will also improve
concentration with
seniors and do away
with boredom.
Yet above all exercising
at old age will make one
to improve their body
immunity tremendously.
And while senior routine exercise is
important, finding the best person to
take them through these drills is
equally important.
Having been a personal trainer of
many seniors at Retirement Homes
Ottawa I know how important it is to
know what your job entails. As a
personal trainer my job usually
entailed the following.
The first one was to discuss the
needs and asses my patients’
fitness.
Usually I had to find out what
my patients wanted out of our
training by simply asking them.
With a specific goal in mind
that we would be working for, it
would then be easy to tailor our
training program to fit what we
would wish to achieve.
In addition to that I
would be able to asses
any medical related
conditions that would
render the exercise un-
ideal.
But to crown it all I
would measure my
patients’ bodies, check
their body weight, as
well as provide them
with specific endurance
tests.
I would also assist my senior trainees in
breaking down their goals.
Under this I would simply assist them in setting
up their long term and short term goals.
The short term goals would ideally remain
measurable such as losing given pounds of
weight in a specific period.
Helping them to tone up their specific body
parts and lifting a specific weight in certain
duration.
While the long term goals that I would assist
them to achieve included total endurance
and flexibility.
Again I would assist them to formulate a
great training plan.
This would make them to remain focused,
keep track, and stick to result oriented
workout.
Yet that was neverenough for my seniorsat the RetirementHomes Ottawa so Ihad to cheer them upto keep the moralhigh, and as a trainer Ialso had to lead byexample by simplyshowing them how it’sdone.