Inspiring Seniors Towards Exercise Promotion - 2

Inclusion Criteria:

* Adults over 65 years old.
* Ambulatory without pain or the use of assisted walking devices.
* Able to speak and read English.
* Healthy enough to exercise at moderate intensity with or without medical clearance by a primary care physician.
* Living in the community for the duration of the study (9-10 months).
* Having a reliable means of transportation.
* Having a safe place at home or at a residential area (at least 6 feet by 6 feet of open space) for unsupervised exercise training.
* Being low-active (\< 90 min/week of MAT and \< 2 days/week of ST for the last 3 months).

Exclusion Criteria:

* Concurrent diagnosis of neurological disorder (e.g., dementia, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, etc.), determined by self-report on the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire for Everyone (PAR-Q+).
* Known exercise contraindications (uncontrolled hypertension, joint problems, diabetes, metabolic conditions, etc.), determined by self-report on the PAR-Q+.
* Current or upcoming cancer treatment, determined by self-report on the PAR-Q+.
* Stroke or neural impairment in the past 6 months, as self-reported on the PAR-Q+.
* Hip/knee/spinal fracture or surgery in the past 6 months, determined by self-report on the ACSM Health Screening Questionnaire.
* Unable or unwilling to attend intervention classes, as determined by phone screening.
* Currently participating in any other exercise or fitness-related research study, determined by phone screening.
* Use of medications for cognitive impairment, as self-reported on the medication survey.
* Change in dosage of medications prescribed for anxiety or depression within the previous 6 months, determined by self-report on a medication form.
* Self-report regularly drinking \> 14 alcoholic beverages a week or current illicit drug use, determined by self-report to screening surveys.
* Cannot ambulate without a walker/cane, assessed in the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Health Screening Questionnaire

  • Having cognitive impairment, determined by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) BLIND \< 17.
* Meet the threshold for clinical depression, determined by the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale Revised (CESD-R).
* Uncorrected hearing or visual impairments, self-reported on the Health History Questionnaire.
* Unable to understand the study procedure.
* One of the household members is participating in this study, as self-reported during phone screening.