Partner Toolkit

Our Online Toolkit has background information, suggested activities, and free materials you can use to incorporate Go4Life into your organization.

Activity Ideas

Use these Activity Ideas to help spread the word in your community.

Background Information

For more information about the Go4Life exercise and physical campaign, please see these materials:

Go4Life Backgrounder (PDF, 160 KB)
Go4Life Press Release
Go4Life Press Release Template for Organizations (MS Word, 34KB)

Tip Sheets

Go4Life Tip Sheets provide a wealth of information about how to exercise safely and have fun at the same time. You can download, print, and share these useful tips with your members, clients, employees.

We also have information in Spanish. Visit our dedicated Spanish Tip Sheet page to download or print these free materials.

Go4Life Exercises

Visit the Try These Exercises section of the website for information about endurance, strength, balance, and flexibility exercises suggested by Go4Life. The strength, balance, and flexibility exercises all have photos and detailed instructions on how to perform each movement safely. Many of these exercises also have accompanying videos to help teach you how to do the movement correctly.

You can share our videos by visiting our YouTube channel and embedding them onto your own website or linking to them in promotional e-mails, tweets, or Facebook posts.

Exercise Guides

Get the facts! Find more information about the type of activity appropriate for adults 50 and older, the health benefits of physical activity, and how to exercise safely with one of the following exercise guides:

Workout to Go: A Sample Exercise Routine for the National Institute on Aging at NIH. Try this sample workout plan that you can do anytime and anywhere. It features 13 easy-to-follow strength, balance, and flexibility exercises.
Exercise and Physical Activity: Your Everyday Guide from the National Institute on Aging. This easy-to-read guide is filled with information, exercises, and motivational stories to help you set your goals, make an exercise plan, and track your progress as you go.
Go4Life DVD--Everyday Exercises from the National Institute on Aging. Watch Go4Life trainer Sandy Magrath and friends demonstrate exercises, provide tips, and tell success stories to motivate you to be active your way everyday.

E-Cards

Sometimes we all need a little extra push to start or stick with our exercise routine. Share some inspiration with your friends, family, and coworkers by sending them one of our six new Go4Life e-cards! Messages include:

Send as many e-cards as you want for FREE! The Go4Life website has so many resources that you won't want to keep them to yourself!

Posters and Bookmarks

Posters are a colorful reminder to be active every day to improve overall health and well-being. Order a variety of free Go4Life posters to display in your waiting room, exam rooms, lunch room, break room, or hallways.

Bookmarks promote the free exercise and physical activity resources available from the National Institute on Aging at NIH.

Motivational Flyers

You can print our colorful Go4Life flyers and post them in the hallway, near the elevator, or in your office as a reminder to be active during the day.

Articles

We’ve written articles about exercise and physical activity for you to use in your own newsletters or other communications. They are easy to copy and paste right into the newsletter layout.

You can feel great knowing that this is accurate, evidence-based information from the National Institute on Aging at NIH, whose research is focused on improving the health and well-being of older adults. The content of all Go4Life material has been reviewed by experts in aging and exercise.

Logos

Please see the Terms of Use for our required trademark statement and logo usage guidelines (PDF, 217 KB). For more information about adding the Go4Life logo to your collateral materials to indicate your partnership with the national campaign, please contact Go4Life@nia.nih.gov.