Clinical Interventions in Aging

Masters Athletics: Lessons for physical interventions in aging

While, compelling evidence suggests that regular exercise can prevent and mitigate the most frequent age-related diseases in Western societies, our current capability of involving aging populations in physical activity programs is often discouraging. Masters athletes engage in competitive sports in different adult age groups and can achieve outstanding competition performances even at an advanced age. The vast majority of this cohort of older people still exercise vigorously and compete on a regular basis. This Article Collection, therefore, collects papers that use information from masters athletes in order to underpin and facilitate physical interventions in aging, including include mental as well as physical well-being.