Foundational movement patterns and positions are valuable for older adults, especially those new to physical activity, as they promote comfort with floor movement and muscle recruitment.

“even though DNS Dynamic neuromuscular stabilization which people know I'm a big fan of — when people think about it you sort of think of these baby positions well the reality of it is those positions are very important — uh for people of any age and so — um teaching an older person — especially a person who's new to physical activity some of those positions is very valuable because a it's doing all the stuff I talked about a second ago but they're also getting comfortable with being on the floor and moving on the floor again”