Inspiring Seniors Towards Exercise Promotion to Protect Cognition

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults at least 65 years old.

• Ambulatory/capable of walking for 6 minutes without pain or aid such as awalker/cane.

• Able to speak and read English.

• Healthy enough to exercise at moderate intensity with or without medical clearanceby a primary care physician.

• Living in the community for the duration of the study (6 months).

• Having a reliable means of transportation.

• Having a safe place (at least 6 feet by 6 feet of open space) at home forunsupervised exercise training.

• Having self-perceived memory complaints.

• Having no symptoms of suicidal ideation and not meeting criteria for depressivedisorder.

• Physically low-active by doing < 60 min/week of moderate-intensity aerobic exerciseand no strength training for the last 3 months.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of neurological disorder or spinal cord disorder.

• Known exercise contraindications.

• Current cancer treatment.

• Stroke or neural impairment in the past 6 months.

• Hip/knee/spinal fracture or surgery in the past 6 month.

• Unable or unwilling to attend intervention classes 3x/week in Months 1-2 and 1x/weekin Months 3-4.

• Currently participating in any other physical activity or fitness-related researchstudy.

• Use of medication for Alzheimer's disease. Change in dosage of medicationsprescribed for anxiety or depression within the previous 6 months.

• Regularly drink > 14 alcoholic beverages a week or current illicit drug use.

• Meet the threshold for cognitive impairment.

• Meet the threshold for clinical depression.

• Uncorrected hearing or visual impairments.

• Unable to understand the study procedures.

• One of the household members is participating in this study.