Joseph CascianiGeropsychologist, Consultant, Public Speaking, Freelance · Podcast Host of the Living to 100 Club | Clinical Strategies for Senior Residential Settings & Lifestyle Directors | Geropsychologist | Keynote Speaker

Growing Young: How to Make Exercise a Main Ingredient While Aging WITH Bill Dooley

13 Apr 2024 · 1 min

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Bill Dooley created the Growing Young exercise program eight years ago after his mother had multiple falls. He designed simple home-based strength exercises for her, saw dramatic improvements, and turned them into a full program to help other older adults prevent falls and stay strong.

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Joe, uh, well, I'll give you the short version. Uh, the long version might put some people to sleep. Uh, the short version is, uh, look, about 8 years ago, um, my mum had a few falls, my mother, and asked me to help her get a little bit stronger. And I developed a series of exercises for her to do at home, and she, over a period of time, really benefited from those. Um, and essentially, that Growing Young was born from there. And those same exercises have of course evolved into a full series of exercises that I thought others could benefit as Mum did. So yeah, that's, um,