We don't always equate exercise with fun, but making it enjoyable is the best motivator to get up and do it.

A Kentucky college professor created a program that's getting older adults active.

Our Laura Rogers shows us how it works.

It may not seem out of the ordinary.

Gee 53 Bingo At an assisted living facility in 45.

But what sets this game apart and gets you strong?

Here are the exercises that go along with it and down close to two one.

That's really meant to get them into the therapy mindset and having fun and forget that they're even moving their bodies.

Older adults like to have fun.

And so that's how we got them to the program.

Dr. Jason Crandall is an exercise science professor at WQ.

He created Bingo size in 2011.

My students were out in an older adult facility trying to put together an exercise program.

It wasn't going well, and we found out it was because everyone's down the hall playing bingo in 37.

That's when the idea hit me.

That's when the name hit me.

Facilities use a bingo game along with Crandall Curriculum.

We did the research.

We found that it worked.

The whole point is to push ourselves just that one step further so that we can get that mobility back very well down to share.

Crandall says mobility is key to an older adult maintaining their independence.

Arms warmed up.

For the day.

They have to stay mobile in order to be mobile.

You have to be physically active and physically fit enough to do that.

Today, bingo size is used in 46 states among at least 500 organizations.

We've impacted, I know, over 7000 nursing home residents.

Oh, yeah, definitely.

Show me what you got.

It also has international reach, including in Poland, where Crandall continues research with faculty.

Alternate for balance.

There's also an online platform only.

The forearm should move.

Bingo says online can be used face to face or it can be used remotely, which is really how Bingo says blew up during the pandemic.

You know, it's just a.

Symbol that it's not just the physical benefits that are noteworthy.

It helps with their cognitive function as well, getting them to focus from one task to the next, while also getting the socialization and the life enrichment through bingo halls.

And a lot of those folks are lonely.

And so bingo size brings them together.

And turning exercise into a game has been proven to help with participation and retention.

Yeah, I like it.

Yeah.

It keeps me active and stuff like that.

All right.

That's a big.

No.

That's really the secret, right?

Is that they need to have fun.

That's what's going to keep them socially engaged.

And so while they're there, they're doing the exercise and learning some really valuable health information.

It keeps you young and keeps you mentally and physically challenged.

We got some good dancers over here.

For Kentucky Edition, I'm Laura Rogers.

That is also one way to get bingo on your exercise card.

Much of the program focuses on fall prevention and health education.

Doctor Crandall says he's working on additional bingo size workshops for those with different physical and cognitive abilities and for children.

Great idea.