Multi-component physical exercise programs and, in particular, strength training are the most effective interventions for delaying disability and other adverse events. Likewise, their use has been proven in other fields frequently associated with this syndrome such as falls, cognitive deterioration and depression. The effects of exercise are potentially similar to those that can be achieved with medication and even better with barely any adverse effects when aiming to prevent cardiovascular disease, decrease the risk of death, prevent diabetes, obesity and improved muscular function and quality of life. This guide offers a series of exercises that will, depending on the elderly person’s functional capacity level (serious limitation, moderate limitation and slight limitation as evaluated by the SPPB and a walking speed test), work on: • Arm and leg strength and power. • Balance and walking, to prevent falls. • Flexibility. • Resistance with cardiovascular exercises. All of the exercises outline the procedure, the guidelines for starting, frequency and progression to be able to correctly monitor the instructions prescribed to the patient and improve their health.

The Vivifrail Project (an EU-funded Project as part of the Erasmus+ program), with rapid screening for frailty and sarcopenia, tries to provide training on how to promote and prescribe physical exercise in older adults to maintain a level of function that provides the highest degree of autonomy possible (http://www.vivifrail.com)