50-Plus Online Library

Welcome to the Fifty-Plus Fitness Library

You can check for articles that are not listed under available topics by clicking on Additional topical resources not covered in discussions.

A number of new articles have been added to the library. In order to find them just enter "November 2002" into the Pico Search box.

Welcome to the Fifty-Plus Fitness Association Web Site Library. The information contained in it is compiled from some of the material and articles gathered over our 21 year history on topics concerning aging, health and exercise. This is in keeping with our Mission of improving the fitness of older adults and promoting an active lifestyle. Many of the articles are republished from past Fifty-Plus Bulletins and many from materials collected for use in the Fifty-Plus Discussion Groups. Questions and Answers are taken primarily from the popular Fifty-Plus Health Notes provided by Walter Bortz, M.D., long time contributor to the Fifty-Plus Bulletin and author of "We Live Too Short and Die Too Long" and "DARE To Be 100." The first 24 category listings in the Library are the same as the topic listings for the Fifty-Plus Discussion Groups. We welcome your attendance at on of these sessions in your area and the information listed for a particular meeting may be useful for you as a handout at that meeting.

The objectives of the Discussion Group Program is to provide local, self-sustaining groups that can draw upon Fifty-Plus resources in order to bring topics of immediate relevance on health and fitness to local communities. This is to:

Support member interests through a forum of discussion of fitness issues with the benefits of socialinteraction/participation.
Invite new members to commit to a lifetime fitness through increasing awareness of the factors in successful aging.
Build participation in health and fitness in the community.

Topic Format

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The topics are divided into 36 discussion group topics in a three year series. Click on the links here to examine the topics for each year.

First Year: "Understanding Fitness"

Second Year: "Aging Successfully"

Third Year: "Winning on Wellness"

Additional topical resources not covered in the discussions.