Active Lifestyle Education Program at CSU
10 NOVEMBER 2014
A new program designed to support the individual exercise needs of the Bathurst community has started at Charles Sturt University (CSU). The newly-developed Active Lifestyle Education Program (ALEP) is free for people of all ages to engage in community spirit and cooperation, and participate in exercise programs designed for each individual's needs. Professor Robert Robergs, the Research Professor in Exercise Science at the CSU School of Human Movement Studies, said, "The scientific evidence is enormous and clear; one of the best ways to live a long, healthy life is to improve your physical fitness. There are no magic cures, no secret diets, no miraculous exercise contraptions, and no short cuts. The ALEP will assist people to improve their understanding of the importance of being physically fit to benefit their overall health and well-being, and will provide support, based on individual needs, to become more physically active." The CSU component of the ALEP will commence at 8am Tuesday 18 November, and sessions will run from 8am to 9am each Tuesday and Thursday. Interested individuals should contact the CSU School of Human Movement Studies on shms@csu.edu.au or phone 6338 4064 to gain further information and inform their likely participation.
Media Note:
Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews. The ALEP will be run at the CD Blake Auditorium (building 1220), the main gym complex at CSU in Bathurst on the corner of Village Drive and Wiradjuri Road. This free program will offer a mix of indoor/outdoor exercise locations depending on the weather.
Participants in the ALEP will complete a thorough screening, often requiring medical clearance from their own general practitioner/physician, to assess any risks that exercise may present to them.
The ALEP will prescribe safe effective exercise programs that will increase physical fitness to improve participants' health and well-being, and will provide feedback to their physician about their progress in the ALEP. There will also be public education sessions, and opportunities to participate in research programs. Involvement in research programs will require more time for added health, psychological, and physical fitness assessments. Completion of fitness assessments will be by scheduled appointment outside of the usual training days and times.
The ALEP is being offered as a free service to the Bathurst community. It is anticipated that the ALEP will provide a platform for on-going community support and research, future grant submissions, industry donations, participant donations, health insurance investment, and private philanthropy. This free service philosophy of the ALEP is based on the evidence that despite sedentary lifestyle diseases impacting all sectors of Australian communities, individuals of lower socio-economic and education status tend to suffer the major burden of disease. The more individuals who can be identified with undetected premature age and sedentary-related health problems the more lives can benefit.
A second component of the ALEP provides a service to participants at the Seymour Centre, where mild exercise therapy sessions are provided to older individuals each Monday and Wednesday morning from 10.30am to 11.45am. This component commenced on Monday 27 October and will also have a research focus.
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