{"id":14273,"date":"2016-08-15T09:37:29","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T16:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/pnr\/dragonfly\/?p=14273"},"modified":"2026-02-03T17:13:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T17:13:51","slug":"free-exercise-information-for-older-adults","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/free-exercise-information-for-older-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"Free exercise information for older adults!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate <a href=\"https:\/\/go4life.nia.nih.gov\/campaigns\/go4life-month-2016\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Go4Life Month<\/em><\/strong> this September<\/a>. This year\u2019s theme is #Fit4Function, focusing on the practical benefits of exercise and physical activity, like being able to drive, carry groceries into the house, do yardwork, walk the dog \u2013 all activities important to older adults.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go4life.nia.nih.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Go4Life<\/a> is an exercise campaign program of the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health. <em><strong>Go4Life<\/strong><\/em> provides\u00a0a variety of free materials to help seniors become and stay physically active. Sample exercises, an exercise guide book (in both English and Spanish), easy-to-print tip sheets with information about the health benefits of physical activity, even tools for setting goals and tracking progress, the National Institute on Aging has got it all. What\u2019s more, all the information in these resources is based on research in people ages 50+.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go4life.nia.nih.gov\/campaigns\/go4life-month-2016\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about the <strong><em>Go4Life<\/em><\/strong> exercise and physical activity campaign<\/a> and include it in your library \u00a0or community health programs \u00a0about ways older adults in your communities can incorporate exercise into their daily lives. Seniors\u00a0can get activity ideas, and sign up to receive free e-mail exercise tips and weekly motivation from <strong><em>Go4Life<\/em><\/strong> virtual coaches. Your library or organization contact can sign up to become a <strong><em>Go4Life<\/em><\/strong> partner to get updates on the latest campaign activities, as well as have a voice in shaping campaign materials so that they best meet your needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate Go4Life Month this September. This year\u2019s theme is #Fit4Function, focusing on the practical benefits of exercise and physical activity, like being able to drive, carry groceries into the house, do yardwork, walk the dog \u2013 all activities important to older adults. Go4Life is an exercise campaign program of the National Institute on Aging, part&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/free-exercise-information-for-older-adults\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,50,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14273","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-health-literacy","category-news-from-nih","category-public-libraries"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15650,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14273\/revisions\/15650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}