Enhancing Well-Being Through Exercise During Old Age

The 8-week intervention will consist of the Fit \& Strong! program adapted to address the impact of exercise on enhancing positive affect and reducing negative affect and depressive symptoms. Exercise classes will meet three times per week for 90 minutes per session for eight weeks. Each class is divided into 60 minutes of strength training, flexibility, and cardiovascular exercise and 30 minutes of group education/discussion, which has been adapted to include affect-oriented content

Participants randomized to the wait list group receive the 8-week Fit \& Strong! intervention after the intervention group has competed it and after the wait list group has provided their post-outcomes.