Tonight: Resistance training and other exercise for optimal ageing

11/02/2021

Eat, Sleep, Move

The Wellbeing Committee invites members to watch the next in its Eat, Sleep, Move series of CPD seminars. On Thursday, 11 February 2021 at 5.15pm Professor Maria Fiatarone Singh will present Resistance Training.

Maria Fiatarone Singh, M.D., FRACP, is an academic and clinical geriatrician, board-certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine in both the USA and Australia, holding the inaugural John Sutton Chair of Exercise and Sport Science, and Professorship, Sydney Medical School since 1999. Her research, teaching and clinical career has focused on the integration of geriatric medicine, exercise, and nutrition to improve quality of life in older adults. She is recognised internationally for her paradigm-shifting and transformative clinical research in resistance training for sarcopenia/frailty spanning over 3 decades and is one of the most highly cited researchers in her field internationally.

Maria’s ultimate goal is to improve health care and quality of life, particularly for the most vulnerable with limited access to quality lifestyle programs and aged care. She founded and still advises the Circle of Fitness for Harvard-affiliated Hebrew SeniorLife, since 1989. She is the founding director of the Fit for Your Life Foundation, since 1992. She co-founded the STRONG Clinic at Balmain Hospital in 1999, serving thousands of older adults for 20 yrs. She has twice co-authored the guidelines for Exercise and Older adults for the ACSM, as well as for the Resource Manual for Health Care Professionals, and Position Stands on both Osteoporosis and Diabetes for ESSA, as well as the exercise guidelines for the RACGP on Osteoporosis.

Attendance will attract 1 CPD point in the Practice Management and Business Skills strand.

The Wellbeing Committee has a charter to encourage barristers to live a balanced and healthy lifestyle. It facilitates a range of organised sporting, social and recreational activities. For more information, visit the Wellbeing pages of the Bar Association's website.