Brain Fitness Program to the Rescue

All grown up and slipping mentally? Fear not. Help is, well, already here.

As more so-called “brain fitness programs” hit this expanding market, both online and off, additional forms of cognitive training programs and various brain exercises are fast taking shape. Of the more reputable players getting into the brain health game is the American Senior Fitness Association (SFA) with their recently launched comprehensive educational program developed with senior fitness professionals in mind.

Brain Fitness for Older Adults

This unique and practical mental fitness program now enables senior physical activity professionals to promote better cognitive health throughout their senior exercise programs by adding innovative brain fitness exercises to their older clients’ current physical activities. Indeed, the times they are a-changin’.

Fitness Food for Thought

Comprehensive is the best way to describe this reader-friendly, illustrated correspondence course, as the list of mental issues covered are mind boggling to say the least. As far as aging brain fitness programs go, this latest SFA initiative appears to go even further, promising (and delivering) a generous dose of valuable information on brain exercises including:

*Brain anatomy and physiology
*Cognitive functioning
*The aging brain
*Links between physical exercise and memory
*The role of mental stimulation in cognitive health
*Social and psycho-emotional influences on cognition
*Activities for promoting senior brain fitness programs

Smart AND Sexy Brain Exercises

The course’s well thought out materials come complete with three in-depth training guides, a 90-minute DVD documentary film, plus a CD-ROM providing 25 client handouts, one for every activity plan. The 42-page “Key Points and Historical Highlights” covers a host of aging brain fitness topics including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. What’s more, students passing the program’s post-test will also earn their professional certificate as an American Senior Fitness Association Cognitive Fitness Facilitator.

According to one satisfied professional familiar with brain exercises, the course “ties together, in a scientifically supported manner, the aspects of physical and mental learning that can occur when fitness training is properly applied - both for the beginning and experienced trainer.”

Priced at $249 plus $15 S&H, the SFA’s Brain Fitness Program for Older Adults is well worth paying particular attention to.

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Steve Daitch is the Social Media Manager at Mind360.com – a leading scientific brain training games developer for improving your Memory, Attention, Executive Functions, Reasoning, and other vital cognitive skills. Your personal trainer also provides constant feedback to help you progress quickly.