WELCOME TO THE TEXERCISE CHALLENGE
Are you ready?
Texercise is a statewide fitness campaign, developed by the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services, to educate and involve older Texans and their families in physical activity and good nutrition throughout their lifespan. With the help of Honorary Texercise Chairman Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper, the Texas “aging network” of area agencies on aging, and other public and private partners, we share information and sponsor health and fitness activities throughout Texas.
A word from Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper
As a practicing physician I’m continually amazed by the widespread perception that, past a certain age, there’s not much you can do about the decline in your physical and mental condition. What a tragic misunderstanding this is. In reality, there’s a far greater correlation between overall health and one’s physical activity levels and nutrition than between age and health.
My career has, in essence, been dedicated to raising awareness of this fact and giving people the resources they need to take charge of their own health and well-being. That’s why I particularly endorse the intergenerational aspect of the Texercise health and wellness-oriented campaign. I also support its no-limits philosophy of personal lifestyle change—by which I mean elimination of stereotypes about what is possible for men and women at specific stages of life. As this handbook makes clear, good health is not a number but the result of smart daily decisions made over a lifetime.
Texercise Honorary State Chairman Kenneth H. Cooper, M.D., is a world-renowned expert and author in the area of fitness and health.
Updated: August 28, 2008
