The Masters Athlete: Understanding the Role of Sport and Exercise in Optimizing Aging

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Joe Baker Sean Horton (University of Windsor, Canada)

The Masters Athlete

Understanding the Role of Sport and Exercise in Optimizing Aging

Joe Baker, Sean Horton (University of Windsor, Canada), Patricia Weir (University of Windsor, Canada)

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Routledge
17 July 2009

Track & field sports, athletics

Masters athletes are those that continue to train and compete, typically at a high level, beyond the age of thirty-five and into middle and old age. As populations in the industrialized world get older and governments become increasingly keen to promote healthy aging and non-pharmacological interventions, the study of masters athletes enables us to better understand the benefits of, and motivations for, life-long involvement in physical activity. This is the first book to draw together current research on masters athletes.

The Masters Athlete examines the evidence that cognitive skills, motor skills and physiological capabilities can be maintained at a high level with advancing age, and that age related decline is slowed in athletes that continue to train and compete in their later years. Including contributions from leading international experts in physiology, motor behaviour, psychology, gerontology and medicine, the book explores key issues such as:

motivation for involvement in sport and physical activity across the lifespan evidence of lower incidence of cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and diabetes the maintenance of performance with age.

Challenging conventional views of old age, and with important implications for policy and future research, this book is essential reading for students and practitioners working in sport and exercise science, aging and public health, human development, and related disciplines.

Edited by: Joe Baker, Sean Horton (University of Windsor, Canada), Patricia Weir (University of Windsor, Canada)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 560g
ISBN: 9780415476560
ISBN 10: 0415476569
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 17 July 2009
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. The Emergence of Masters Sport: Participatory Trends and Historical Development 2. Statistical Modelling of Age Trends in Masters Athletes 3. Peak Exercise Performance, Muscle Strength and Power in Masters Athletes 4. The Role of Aging and Sustained Exercise Involvement on Cardiovascular Function in Older Persons 5. Maintenance of Skilled Performance with Age: Lessons from the Masters 6. Aging and Recovery: Implications for the Masters Athlete 7. Motivation and Sport Commitment in Masters Sport 8. Masters Athletes as Role Models? Combating Stereotypes of Aging 9. Masters Sport as a Strategy for Managing the Aging Process 10. Physical Activity: What Role Does it Play in Achieving Successful Aging? 11. Injury Epidemiology, Health and Performance in Masters Athletes 12. The Future of Masters Games: Implications for Policy and Research

Joseph Baker is an associate professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Science at York University in Toronto, Canada. He is the current president of the Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology. Sean Horton is an assistant professor at the University of Windsor. His research is focused on skill acquisition and expert performance throughout the lifespan, as well as how stereotypes of aging affect seniors' participation in exercise. Patricia Weir has been a faculty member at the University of Windsor since 1991. Her research interests include the effects of aging on goal-directed movement, psychosocial changes in Masters Athletes, and the role that physical activity plays in developing successful aging.

Reviews for The Masters Athlete: Understanding the Role of Sport and Exercise in Optimizing Aging

"'An informative and extremely well put together book, with breadth, depth and an accessible style ... inspiring as well as academically relevant', The Sport and Exercise Scientist ""This excellent, accessible book demonstrates that age-related decline in performance is not always inevitable--a reality that is especially important as the older adult population is growing and health care costs are soaring...Summing Up: Recommended. "" -- Choice, May 2010 ""An informative and extremely well put together book, with breadth, depth and an accessible style ... inspiring as well as academically relevant"", The Sport and Exercise Scientist"