Keiser Launches Educational Framework to Extend the Performancespan of Aging Adults

Company marks 25 years of continuous ICAA support with debut of its new educational course, "Performance Longevity: Bridging the Gap Between Healthspan and Lifespan"

FRESNO, Calif., Nov. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Keiser, a pioneer of Pure Pneumatics Resistance Technology, today announced a comprehensive educational framework designed to help exercise and wellness professionals better understand, assess, and preserve physical capacity as people age. Central to the framework is the concept of "performancespan" which are the years a person maintains the physical capacity to do the things they need and want to accomplish.

Keiser's Performance Longevity framework brings established exercise science and strength and conditioning principles to active aging, helping professionals apply precise assessments, targeted training, and individualized progression to preserve physical capacity and independence. To learn more click here.

Muscle power declines more rapidly with age than maximal strength, yet traditional exercise programming for older adults may not adequately address the full range of physical qualities needed to maintain independence. In support of this, the Company is introducing a new course titled, Performance Longevity: Bridging the Gap Between Healthspan and Lifespan, an educational course developed for wellness directors and their teams, senior living executives, physical therapists, and older-adult fitness practitioners. The curriculum translates established research into practical strategies for assessing physical capacity, identifying limiting factors, and prescribing and progressing individualized exercise. 

As a long time participant of the ICAA Conference being held on November 17-19 in Orlando, Florida, the company will address key concepts from the Performance Longevity curriculum at booth #205,which include:

• Training for Adaptation: understanding how different physical qualities contribute to everyday function and applying appropriate exercise intensity, speed, progression, and recovery to develop the capacities that matter most to independence.
• Capacity vs Task Demand: understanding how independence is affected when the physical demands of everyday activities exceed an individual's available capacity.
• A More Complete Definition of Independence: looking beyond the ability to perform a task once to consider capability, consistency, and reserve to determine a person's ability to perform tasks repeatedly and under changing demands, or when life is unpredictable.
• Keiser AIM–Assessment, Intervention, Monitoring: a practical framework that helps professionals select and interpret meaningful assessments, identify limiting physical qualities, prescribe targeted exercise, and monitor adaptation to guide ongoing programming decisions.

The course also introduces recommended performance assessments, including gait speed, sit-to-stand performance, balance, and upper and lower body muscle power, while emphasizing how practitioners can select and apply these assessments appropriately.

"The active aging industry is becoming more and more aware of the gap between healthspan and lifespan. The next 25 years must be about measuring outcomes and extending performancespan, not just lifespan," said Crystal Johnson, STEP Director & Older Adult Market Lead at Keiser. "We know that aging affects strength, power, speed, and our ability to respond to physical demands. We also know that these qualities remain responsive to exercise across the lifespan. What matters is translating that science into practice: recognizing early changes in physical capacity, identifying what needs to be trained, and making informed decisions about how to progress. That's the foundation of performance longevity."

Designed for immediate practical application, Keiser's Performance Longevity curriculum equips professionals with tools and strategies they can put to work from day one. Keiser's advanced Pure Resistance Technology further enables practitioners to assess muscle power and examine whether performance is more limited by force production or movement velocity, helping guide more targeted exercise prescription.

By implementing the Performance Longevity framework, wellness directors can better recognize and address under-dosed exercise programming, insufficient progression, and stagnant functional outcomes. Because avoiding challenge does not necessarily create safety, the course teaches professionals to apply established training principles, including individuality, specificity, and progressive overload, to deliver appropriately challenging exercises that support meaningful adaptation.

To learn more:

• Visit https://resources.keiser.com/performance-longevity
•  Download the brochure here.
• Visit booth #205 at the ICAA Conference which will be held on November 17-19 in Orlando, Florida or attend Keiser's Lunch & Learn titled More Life In Your Years: The Power of Performance Longevity being held on November 18 in the Ocean Ballroom (room 9-12) from 12-1 pm and again at 1:20-2:20 pm.

About Keiser
Keiser has been at the forefront of human performance and fitness innovation for over forty years, pioneering pneumatic resistance machines that utilize Keiser's Pure Resistance Technology. Keiser is driven by a singular mission: to improve human performance at all levels, regardless of age or physical restriction. Manufactured in the USA, the Company's variable resistance equipment is safe, smooth, and highly effective for elite athletes, rehabilitation patients, and older adults worldwide seeking to optimize their active lifespan. To learn more visit www.keiser.com, read their blog, or follow on LinkedIn.

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