Featured Excerpt

"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (1990) has specified as a key objective the reduction of disability in the performance of activities of daily living (ADL) for persons over the age of 65 years. Many ADL involve combinations of muscular strength, muscular endurance, and flexibility, three components that together have been referred to as 'muscular fitness.' The capacity of the elderly to remain functionally independent, therefore, may depend less on cardiovascular fitness, which has traditionally been the focus of health related fitness research, than on these components of muscular fitness."

- Wayne T. Phillips and William L. Haskell

Evidence-Based Approach

For more than three decades, the STRIVE team has been involved in the research and development of practical approaches to strength, exercise and wellness that increase the independence and life quality of older adults. Over one hundred studies, scientific abstracts and conference presentations went into developing the STRIVE program as it is experienced today.

A selection of these studies appears here.

Featured Articles

» "Muscular Fitness"— Easing the Burden of Disability for Elderly Adults,
» Escalante Community based strength and wellness program
» PNF and Physical Function in Assisted Living
» Single set Strength training and functional fitness
» Strength Training and Functional Fitness in COPD
» Strength training and muscle mass in older adults

Scholarly Research

» Cardiac Rehab Patient vs Proxy QoL
» Energy Cost of single set RT in older adults
» Energy Cost of Single Set RT
» Exercise, Fitness and Longevity in Older Adults
» FF assessment in CR
» Functional Fitness Assessmenti in Older Cardiac Rehab Patienis
» Handbook of Health Psychology
» Leading Article Lifestyle Activity Current Recommendations
» Lifestyle Activity Current Recommendations
» Linear vs Daily Undulating periodaizaiton for muscular strength
» Linear vs Daily Undulating periodization for muscular endurance
» PA as a non-pharmacological treatment for depression
» Patient vs Proxy QoL in Cardiac Rehab
» Physical Activity and Physical Functioning in Older Adults
» Physical Function Assessement in Cardiac Rehab
» Reliability of Maximal Strength Testing in Older Adults
» Strength and COPD