Healthy Aging > Walk This Way
Walk This Way teaches older adults to make healthy lifestyle choices. Participants engage in walking and other exercises while learning about nutrition, chronic disease prevention, safety, and public transportation. Walk This Way is currently serving the senior centers from the Tri-City area. From day one, older adults have their functional fitness assessed using the 30-second chair stand to measure their lower leg power. This simple yet reliable test helps determine older adult’s starting fitness level. Based on these results, many of the exercises are modified to meet each individual’s fitness level. Although the program is called “Walk This Way,” this program also serves as an educational platform teaching participants the importance of being physically active through our evidence based. The program also teaches participants to be more cognizant about their food intake, how to read food labels, and ways to add more colors to their plate so they can eat healthier. Partners In our first year, Generations taught Walk This Way™ in three East Bay communities.
Results After 20 weeks of Walk This Way, 93% of the participants improved their lower leg strength. 85% of the participants improved their ¼ mile endurance walk. Participants also reported high levels of social support via new friendships. If you would like more information on how to have Walk This Way in your community please email us at info@gteams.org or call 408.736.8326. |
Walk This Way is a 20-week comprehensive functional fitness exercise program that incorporates our evidence-based Spring Chickens™ curriculum including whole body exercises and nutritional education. Additional educational topics include: pedestrian safety, fall prevention, chronic diseases, and other health related topics. 
