”Moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyesight was clear,
and he was as strong as ever.” (Deuteronomy 34:7 - NLT)

the MOSES system
Optimal Wellness for Older Adults
Quality of Life, Longevity & Independence

A Healthy L.I.F.E. Program of Healthy Initiative Ministries

the MOSES system

Overview

Helping the older adult achieve quality of life, longevity and independence through a multi-disciplined, God-centered system of optimal wellness. 

The MOSES system is a comprehensive health, fitness and wellness program that facilitates a lifelong healthy and balanced lifestyle for the older adult (50 to 120). The MOSES system provides older men and women with an easy to follow program, which covers all the critical health, fitness & wellness areas to achieving and maintaining optimal wellness. 

Each program is 12-weeks, and contains Internet enabled streaming-video instruction for individual or small group participation – larger groups may be facilitated by a Healthy L.I.F.E.Coach.   The MOSES system integrates biblical principles with practical, trustworthy health, fitness & wellness guidelines, and provides all the tools a person needs to learn to live healthy, balanced lives from a Christian perspective. The program is an ongoing learning experience that covers both aspects of basic physical wellness and allows participants to develop a wellness plan for a lifetime. 

Groups can begin with either the Fitness or Nutrition Sessions. Starter Kits are available for each of these sessions and provide all the resources an individual will need to guide them in developing a wellness plan. Both Starter Kits are included in the MOSES Fit Plan Kit, which also contains four videotapes with segments to use in each week's one-hour group session, a promotional/facilitator training video, and a facilitator guide (two copies) with step-by-step session instructions. 

Participants are encouraged to spend at least 15 minutes reading the recommended Scripture and applying the principles they are learning to their wellness plan, utilizing their Member Workbooks, and to record activities in their Accountability Journals. In each week's group session, they view the session video lessons, review and discuss each week's material, support and encourage one another, and share prayer requests. 

Background  

As Olympic marathon runner Kenny Moore says, "You don't stop exercising because you grow old. You grow old because you stop exercising." Scientists are discovering that the true fountain of youth can be found within our own bodies, and enhanced by our lifestyle choices.   

Even within one individual, organs can age at different rates, according to the National Institute on Aging. This suggests that genetics, lifestyle and disease all affect the rate of aging, and that several distinct processes are involved. The American Medical Association's Committee on Aging studied the phenomenon of aging and found that it is virtually impossible to discriminate between the effects of aging and the effects of inactivity. Therefore, age should never be viewed as a limiting factor in developing an exercise program or healthy lifestyle habits. An older adult who exercises and practices healthy lifestyle habits, will live a healthier, longer more independent and enjoyable life. 

The MOSES system is built upon Biblical principles for healthy living and integrates a Christ-centered foundation as the most important element of optimal health.  Ephesians 3:16b (NKJV) states “To be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner Man.”  Since God works from the inside out, a God-centered faith is a crucial element in overall health – you really don’t have one unless you have the other. Our belief is that physical, social, vocational, intellectual, emotional and spiritual health operates at optimal levels when a Christ-Centered foundation is in place. 

The Bible has many passages that can be applied to healthy aging "whatever a man sows, that will he also reap..."  this is true not only in the spiritual realm, but the physical as well - take good care of your body, and you enjoy good health, disregard healthy habits, and the body will suffer for it; "man shall not live by bread alone..." live involves more than simple existence, it includes living life in its fullest sense, i.e., an abundant life, not one that is burden down with unnecessary and avoidable illness, disease and injury; Psalm 92 states that those who are planted in the Lord shall flourish “they will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green.” Don't you wish to be like that?  Consider that,” Moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyesight was clear, and he was as strong as ever.”   By the grace of God and with certain lifestyle changes, you can achieve optimal health!  The sooner you begin this new healthier life, the less "baggage" of the old lifestyle you will have to contend with, and the more you can do for the Lord... 

The goal of the MOSES system is to improve all the major and minor components of physical fitness. Many programs for older adults are designed simply to improve the cardiovascular system. It is important, however, that strength, flexibility, muscular endurance, body composition, mental and spiritual health are all goals of the program, along with the minor components that include balance, coordination, agility and reaction time.  

The MOSES system is currently under development ... based on solid information reviewed and endorsed by an advisory panel, which includes a registered dietician, exercise physiologist specializing in behavioral adherence, doctor in health education and human performance, doctor of lifestyle management and medical doctor of gerontology. The lifestyle management programs are based on recommendations from the American Heart Association and the American College of Sports Medicine. 

The MOSES system also makes a great community outreach program, providing a vehicle to attract the un-churched who may wish to participate in healthy lifestyle programs – participants learn a God-centered program and have a ”soft approach” exposure to the core ministry of the church. 

A prologue to each of the components of the MOSES system is outlined herein, providing support dialog for the importance of each area, relative to older adult health, fitness and wellness.  Facilitator and participant guides will be developed along with resources for third-party assistance and Internet-based support tools and program updates.

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