Class summary
Mobility is not about fitness. It is about function. Can you get up from a chair. Can you move through your day with confidence. Can your body support the life you want to live.
As we age, mobility and cognitive alertness are deeply connected. How we move affects how we think, how resilient we remain, and how well we adapt when life or our bodies change.
Dan Zeman, named Minnesota's Top Exercise Physiologist and author of Too Old to Die Young, has spent decades working with bodies under real stress. His work includes serving as an exercise physiologist for professional athletes, including the Minnesota Timberwolves, as well as coaching and consulting across a wide range of performance settings. He brings those same principles to everyday life, translating performance science into practical, humane insights that support strength, balance, and functional movement as we age. This is not about becoming an athlete. It is about maintaining the physical capacity that supports cognitive alertness, independence, and quality of life.
This conversation focuses on the movement that matters most as we age. Getting up from the floor. Moving through pain and physical challenges without giving up. Adapting when strength, balance, or confidence change. These are not questions of perfection. They are questions of capacity, courage, and staying engaged with life.
As part of START Senior Solutions' 2025 education series, The Art of Thriving in an Unhealthy World, this session invites participants to rethink aging as an active and responsive process. Thriving does not require perfect conditions. It requires intention, movement, and the willingness to keep showing up for your life.
CEU Credit Available: This class qualifies for 1.0 hour of CEUs for social workers. Let us know if you would like CEUs in your registration form.