Page 1, Summer 2011
OLLI Course Book
Summer 2011 Course Book Sing a Healthy Song at Summer OLLI Classes While you probably can remember and relate to Nat King Cole’s ’60s hit extolling “those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer,” this might be the year to change your tune to the “fi est, fastest, smartest” by taking advantage of OLLI’s many health-enhancing classes. It’s certainly not news that physical ac vity and weight control are primary factors in living longer and living well. Two courses that directly address these issues are “Weight Control, Energy Balance and Physical Fitness” led by Dr. Bill Fla , UGA D.W. Brooks Dis nguished Professor Emeritus, and “Ac vity, Weight and Disability” taught by Dr. Ellen M. Evans, UGA associate professor of kinesiology. Fla ’s success story of losing 60 pounds and keeping it off for 20 years should be an inspira on to all those for fitness dwindled by whose New w Year’s resolu ons fo the end of January. “My class will be a ‘show and tell’ by a formerly sedentary, obese, elderly male (me), who changed his lifestyle by beginning to exercise re regularly and eat more wisely,” Fla says. “A major change was w to include strength training to prevent age-related e-related muscle mus loss and sarcopenia. I hope that the OLLI members who wh a end will benefit from my experience.” Evans’ class will look at lifestyle choices that hat affect physical func oning and the ability to live independently. ndently. Quality of life and fa gue are influenced by both weight and physical ac vity, which also have implica onss for physical disability in older adults. Evans will present sent contemporary research that par cipants can applyy to their own lives. The ancient discipline of Tai Chi is a great way to give your fitness program a boost. Cer fied facilitator Tom Wi enberg will introduce the flowing moves that promote mote “vitality, self-healing and relaxa on.” Benefits includ include improved balance, lower blood pressure, heighten heightened immune func on, greater flexibility and resilie resilience, decreased incidence of falls and stress reduc on.
For those who are dealing with chronic health condi ons such as arthri s, diabetes or heart disease, “Living Well Georgia” can help with quality of life. Ka e Porter, UGA doctoral candidate for a Ph.D. in Foods and Nutri on, will coordinate a team of trained leaders in a six-week program focusing on physical and emo onal management. If you need a break from all this focus on the physical, this summer OLLI is offering many other courses from Dr. Art Crawley’s “Brain Works” to a repeat of Mony Abrol’s popular course “India” to “Taming the Demons of Dripping Faucets, Slow Drains, Yucky Mildew, Dirty Grout and Ugly Light Fixtures” at Home Depot. Detailed class descrip ons are in this course book and on the website, www.olli.uga.edu.
What’s Inside? OLLI@UGA — Ques ons and Answers ............Page 3 Course lis ng by category................................Page 3 Alphabe c course lis ng with descrip ons .....Page 4 Monthly Calendar with courses.....................Page 15 Special Interest Groups .................................Page 16 OLLI@UGA — Membership Form..................Page 18 OLLI@UGA — Maps ......................................Page 19 Alphabe c course lis ng with schedule ...Back Cover
Note: Registra on for OLLI@UGA courses is mail-in ONLY; there is no longer the op on of on-site registra on.
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