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Exercise instructors in the UK are not using the physical activity guidelines to inform their strength prescription with older adults (2022)
Journal Article

Strength recommendations have been embedded within the UK’s Chief Medical Officers’ physical activity guidelines since 2011. There is limited evidence that these recommendations are used by exercise instructors in the community to underpin strength p... Read More about Exercise instructors in the UK are not using the physical activity guidelines to inform their strength prescription with older adults.

‘A Lot of People Just Go for Walks, and Don’t Do Anything Else’: Older Adults in the UK Are Not Aware of the Strength Component Embedded in the Chief Medical Officers’ Physical Activity Guidelines—A Qualitative Study (2022)
Journal Article
Gluchowski, A., Bilsborough, H., Mcdermott, J., Hawley-Hague, H., & Todd, C. (2022). ‘A Lot of People Just Go for Walks, and Don’t Do Anything Else’: Older Adults in the UK Are Not Aware of the Strength Component Embedded in the Chief Medical Officers’ Physical Activity Guidelines—A Qualitative Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(16), 10002. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610002

Strength recommendations have been embedded within the UK’s Chief Medical Officers’ physical activity guidelines since 2011. In 2019, they were given a more prominent position in the accompanying infographic. However, there is limited evidence that t... Read More about ‘A Lot of People Just Go for Walks, and Don’t Do Anything Else’: Older Adults in the UK Are Not Aware of the Strength Component Embedded in the Chief Medical Officers’ Physical Activity Guidelines—A Qualitative Study.