Prevent Falls and Broken Hips Later in Life Now
My Godmother broke her hip when she was in her early nineties. It was a simple fall in her home. The tragedy was she died within four months of the accident. Fall and breaking a hip often has long-term consequences beyond the inconvenience of immobility and recovery from an injury. Most broken hips can be prevented. While they usually happen to people later in life, the time to start on … [Read more...]
When Exercise is Bad for You
Baby boomers are much more active than their predecessors. It’s not unusual to see retirees biking, hiking, and skiing. Wanting to feel as youthful as possible, many older people work out to keep their bodies fit and trim. There is a fine line between being fit and over doing it. Often it is hard to tell the difference. If you’ve had any type of injury, you know the older you are the longer … [Read more...]
The Perfect Form of Exercise
As we get older, most people realize the importance of exercise. While not all exercise is for everyone. If I had to choose just one, it would be yoga. There is some misinformation about Yoga. Many people believe yoga is a religion. It is not. Some people believe yoga is only for people who are flexible and limber. Yoga helps you become more flexible, but anyone can get benefit regardless of … [Read more...]
Daily Stretching, Moderate Exercise Equal REALLY Feeling Good
Jack LaLanne, who passed away early in 2011 at the young age of 96, emphasized the importance of exercise and stretching as a part of his everyday life. Although health and exercise may be in vogue today, stretching and exercising in the past was for the most part practiced by professional athletes and dancers. Today we know for a fact that daily stretching and moderate exercise can increase your … [Read more...]
How to Spice Up Your Relationship
Would you like to know how spice up your relationship? Researchers in India found that Yoga can improve sex life in women. While the sample was small, consisting of 40 women between the ages of 22 and 55 years old, the results were impressive showing better orgasms for women , according to Dr Girish Karmarkar, a Mumbai-based sexologist. The results of the experiment were recently published in … [Read more...]
Exercise is the Fountain of Youth
According to Dr. James Fries, a medical doctor and leading authority on aging at Stanford University, stated in AARP magazine “If you had to choose one thing that came closest to the Fountain of Youth, it would have to be exercise”. What a “true” statement from Dr. Fries! Being 66 years old myself, I can’t say enough about the value of just moving at any age! When you fit any form of … [Read more...]
Health Benefits of Cardiovascular Exercise
By Darvis Simms Cardiovascular exercise just called cardio by most in the fitness profession. The benefits of cardiovascular exercise are numerous and an invaluable part of any physical fitness program. Cardio exercise is any activity which increases the work of the heart and lungs. Activities such as brisk walking, running, training on the elliptical machine, biking, and working on the … [Read more...]
Strength Training Workouts is Key After Age 50
By Darvis Simms As you age strength training workouts are the best thing you can do to improve your health and fitness level. Strength training is important because around age 40 you start to experience muscle loss. “If you don’t do anything to replace the lean muscle you lose, you’ll increase the percentage of fat in your body,” says Dr. Edward Laskowski, a physical medicine and … [Read more...]
Fitness Over 50 Starts with Small Lifestyle Changes
Senior fitness is an increasingly important topic. Aging baby boomers want to know how to stay young. In this series, experts share the best advice about fitness over 50. By Julie Anne Morley I am a 52-year-old writer and outdoor enthusiast. After raising four children, the youngest being 19, the time to exercise and stay in shape has never seemed more available. It is in the small lifestyle … [Read more...]
Leave the Sedentary Life Behind
I'm responding to your request to hear from older people who used to a sedentary life but became active and physically fit. I'm 59 years old. Exactly a year ago (nearly to the day), I went to my cardiologist for my semi-annual checkup. (I have a very strong family history of heart disease and high cholesterol/triglycerides even with medication.) Prior to coming in for the appointment, as … [Read more...]