Improve core strength and coordination from the floor

Revitalise your group classes or enhance your personal training sessions with our course designed to create dynamic floor-based strength workouts for older adults using resistance bands. Learn to safely incorporate band exercises in seated, supine, and prone positions, targeting core strength and flexibility.

With our comprehensive guide, you’ll design age-appropriate, low-impact workouts that engage and benefit your older adult clients, maximising the effectiveness of resistance bands on the floor.


Why sign up?

• Master 60 diverse floor resistance band exercises
• Offer effective and engaging workouts that challenge the brain and body
• Increase the variety in your strength and core programs
• Learn techniques using bands seated, on the side, or on the back


Get equipped today

✓ In-depth understanding of resistance band benefits for older adults
✓ Expertise in teaching proper technique and form
✓ Video demonstrations of every exercise
✓ Printable exercise handouts
✓ Sample workouts to inspire your class planning


Gain the skills to:

• Confidently incorporate bands as an alternative to weights
• Deliver a wide range of floor exercises for all muscle groups
• Identify and correct common issues in band usage


COURSE DETAILS

Normal Price: $75.00 with 12 months access
Member Price:$67.50 with ongoing access
Duration: 3 hours
Materials: Handouts for 60 exercises provided
Assessment: Online multiple choice quiz with No Fail Guarantee

Add dynamic floor workouts to your repertoire.

I already use dumbbells. Why do I need to include band exercises?

  • SAFETY - Bands reduce the risk of injury compared to dumbbells, especially for older adults.

  • VERSATILITY - Bands allow for a wide range of exercises, adding variety to your classes.

  • ADAPTABILITY - Easy to adjust the level of resistance between exercises

  • CONTINUOUS TENSION - Bands provide constant resistance, enhancing muscle engagement.

  • FUNCTIONAL FITNESS - Band exercises can mimic natural movements, improving strength and balance.

  • COST-EFFECTIVE - Bands are affordable, portable, and easy to store.

  • REHABILITATION - Bands are gentler on joints, making them suitable for injury recovery.

  • COMPLEMENTARY - Bands challenge muscles differently, preventing workout monotony.

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome

    2. Band Course Overview

    1. Lesson 1: About bands

    2. Lesson 2: Bands and older adults

    3. Video: Why we love working with bands

    4. Case Study: Bands improve balance, walking speed and muscle strength in elderly women

    1. Lesson 3: Physical benefits

    2. Lesson 4: Workout benefits

    3. Lesson 5: And even more benefits ...

    1. Lesson 6: Band exercises on all fours

    2. Lesson 7: Band exercises seated

    3. Lesson 8: Band exercises side lying

    4. Lesson 9: Lower body strengthening

    5. Lesson 10: Upper body strengthening on back

    6. EXAMPLE: Floor band workout

    1. Assessment Instructions

    2. Assessment

    3. Successful completion

About this course

  • $75.00
  • 18 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content

  • Materials

    Course Workbook
    Exercise summaries
    Class plan templates
    Certificate of Completion

  • Access

    Ongoing access for members
    12 months for non-members
    Unlimited logins
    100% online and self-paced

  • Support

    Phone support
    Email support
    Technical support
    Age-friendly website

Add an extra challenge to your core workouts

Meet your trainers

Third Age Fitness is dedicated to empowering fitness instructors with the tools they need to create outstanding classes for older adult participants week after week. We understand that delivering a great experience involves many components, which is why we focus on providing you with essential support, innovative ideas, effective exercises, and valuable knowledge to streamline your teaching journey.
Carol Edmeades and Trudi Edmeades, your older adults group fitness resistance band exercise specialists
Carol: The Creative Puller
Carol is a passionate fitness instructor dedicated to helping fellow instructors enhance their classes with lots of creative ways to pull a resistance band. She has taught hundreds of resistance band workouts that incorporate standing, floor and moving exercises, and enjoys the extra challenge of adding bands into aerobic routines with her advanced participants. Carol loves challenging other instructors to use resistance bands in new and creative ways too.

Trudi: The Resourceful Instructor
Trudi has been working resistance bands for years, emphasising movements and directions not always achievable with dumbbells. She enjoys educating participants on the benefits of variety in their routines and often surprises them with how challenging band exercises can be. Trudi's innovative approach keeps her classes engaging, and encourages instructors to incorporate unique band movements that enhance strength and flexibility for all fitness levels.

Trudi and Carol are exceptional trainers for fitness instructors seeking innovative resistance band exercises. They provide expert guidance on technique and creative ideas for incorporating bands into classes and their passion for variety ensures instructors can engage participants effectively, while their focus on safety and adaptability helps create inclusive workouts.

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