Baker, JosephHorton, SeanWeir, Patricia2015-05-212015-05-212009Baker, J., Horton, S., & Weir, P. (Eds.). (2010). The Masters Athlete: Understanding the role of sport and exercise in optimizing aging. New York: Routledge.http://hdl.handle.net/10315/29143Masters Athletes are not anomalies but, rather, potential models for how we should age. They challenge the widespread belief that chronic diseases are an inevitable part of aging. They demonstrate that maintaining physical activity, well into old age, has huge health benefits.Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 CanadaSportsHealthAgingResearch Summary