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The following fitness tips will make you aware of the benefits of physical activity.
Regular physical activity that is performed on most days of the week reduces the risk of developing or dying from some of the leading causes of illness and death in the United States.
Exercise and Aging
Here are some fitness tips that will help you start and stick with an exercise program:- Choose something you like to do. Make sure it suits you physically, too. For instance, swimming is easier on arthritic joints.
- Get a partner. Exercising with someone else can make it more fun.
- Vary your routine. You may be less likely to get bored or injured if you change your routine. Walk one day. Bicycle the next. Consider activities like dancing and racquet sports, and even chores like chopping wood.
- Choose a comfortable time of day. Don’t work out too soon after eating or when it’s too hot or cold outside. Wait until later in the day if you’re too stiff in the morning.
- Don’t get discouraged. It can take weeks or months before you notice some of the changes from exercise.
- Forget no pain, no gain. While a little soreness is normal after you first start exercising, pain isn’t. Stop if you hurt.
- Make exercise fun. For example, read, listen to music or watch television while riding a stationary bicycle. Find fun things to do, like taking a walk through the zoo. Go dancing, learn how to play tennis.
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Senior Exercise
Fitness tips for seniors would include stretching, strength training, and aerobic or endurance exercise in your exercise plan. People who are weak or frail, and may be at risk of falling, should start slowly. Begin with stretching and strength training; add aerobics later. Aerobics are safer and easier once you feel balanced and your muscles are stronger.
Aerobic exercises strengthen the heart and improve overall fitness by increasing the body’s ability to use oxygen.
Swimming, walking and dancing are low-impact aerobic activities. They avoid the muscle and joint pounding of more high-impact exercises like jogging and jumping rope.
Weight-bearing exercise (walking, jogging, tennis) also helps to keep bones strong. The goal of physical activity to improve health, is to accumulate at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity most days of the week.
(For example three 10-minute bouts, two 15-minute bouts, or one 10-minute and one 20-minute bout.) Follow these fitness tips for your good health.
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Senior Strength Training Helps maintain independence
Stretch Exercise Allows more freedom of movement
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