Fitness Over 40

Fitness for Older Adults: 7 Exercise Programs for Healthy Aging

Posted by LeeAnn Langdon on Fri, Sep 23, 2011 @ 08:28 AM

Getting older is not for sissies. If you neglected to take fanatical care of your body and your health in your 20s, 30s and 40s, all heck starts to break loose once you hit your 50s and 60s. Joints ache, muscles stiffen and stamina wanes. If you’re like 68% of adults in America, you’re also overweight or obese. It seems unfair that just when your kids go off to school or you start looking forward to retirement your body stops cooperating.

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Tags: balance, senior exercise, functional fitness, cardiovascular exercise, flexibility, weight bearing exercise

Three Easy Exercises for Knee Pain [VIDEO]

Posted by LeeAnn Langdon on Tue, Sep 06, 2011 @ 12:58 PM

By the time most of us get into our 40s, 50s or 60s, we start to have achey, creaky, painful joints. The pains can result from injuries we've sustained, health conditions like arthritis, or just poor movement patterns and muscle instability that we've developed over the years. The knees in particular are a common source of pain, because they get used with every step we take.

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Tags: Baby Boomer, exercise, senior exercise, functional fitness

Bathroom Safety for Older Adults, or How Squats Can Save Your Life

Posted by LeeAnn Langdon on Mon, Aug 15, 2011 @ 06:13 PM

I just read an article in the New York Times about accidents in the bathroom. According to Centers for Disease Control records, 235,000 adults per year visit an emergency room because of injuries they sustained in the bathroom.

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Tags: exercise, safety, strength, senior exercise, functional fitness

Exercise for Older Adults: The Four Essentials You Need

Posted by LeeAnn Langdon on Mon, Jun 06, 2011 @ 01:44 PM

“Fitness” has many definitions and there’s no single, established threshold of fitness. In fact, athletic fitness involves many different components, from endurance and agility to power and speed. As we age, though, most of us think about fitness in terms of our overall wellness and our ability to manage the activities of daily living: buying groceries, keeping the house and yard tidy, playing with the grandchildren.

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Tags: balance, strength, senior exercise, flexibility, endurance

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