Joseph F. Signorile, a professor in the University of Miami School of Education and Human Development’s Department of Kinesiology and Sport Sciences, has written “Bending the Aging Curve,” a book in which he explores how to use targeted physical training to age well.
At the Laboratory of Neuromuscular Research and Active Aging in the Max Orovitz Building on the Coral Gables Campus, he and a number of researchers are conducting a study with 29 persons over 55 years of age comparing traditional strength training to strength training that includes clustered pauses to determine which exercises can best help the subjects gain strength and mobility. This is the latest in a series of training studies designed to create exacting exercise models to target an older person’s specific needs.
