Senior Fitness: The Value of Exercise
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Exercise to Stay Young at Heart
Find a fitness program that works for you and stick with it.
Four Types of Exercise
There are four types of exercise and your fitness routine should include some of each.Endurance: Walking and swimming are two excellent endurance activities. They build your "staying power." They improve your circulation and give your heart a good workout.
Strengthening Exercises: As we grow older, we lose muscle mass. Strengthening exercises can reduce or eliminate that problem.
Stretching Exercises: Stretching exercises keep the body flexible and limber. It eases stiffness making it easier to go about our daily routine.
Balance Exercises: We can lose our sense of balance surprisingly fast. Balance exercises can reduce that which reduces the chances of slipping and falling.
Include all four in your fitness routine.
Get Started!
In Sync With Cindy Two: A Fun, Fitness Video for Active Seniors and Beginners
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Easy Does It! Staying Active, Staying Fit - Senior Fitness Video
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Easy Does It! No-Impact Senior Fitness Video
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Senior Fitness: The Diet and Exercise Program For Maximum Health and Longevity
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Lose the Fat
Sixty percent of all Americans are overweight or obese. While never good, it is an added problem for seniors. The more excess weight we carry around, the harder it is to get around. It's easier to sit in front of the TV than get OFF OUR DUFFS and do something. The less exercise we get, the more weight we gain. The cycle continues until we are truly a COUCH POTATO.I want to enjoy my retirement and all the days God gives me. Eating healthy is a part of that. It's not always easy. It's easier to grab a bag of chips and a soda than to prepare a proper meal.
Self disciple carried you through years of work. Let it carry you through retirement. Watch what you eat and exercise. There may not be a fountain of youth but there's no reason to give up your "youth" before you have to.
Omron HBF - 400 Body Fat Monitor
Omron HBF-400 Body Fat Monitor and Scale
Fitness is not just monitoring our weight, but our body fat percentage and body mass index as well. The Omron HBF - 400 Fat Loss Monitor can be used to monitor all three. By programming in your height, age, and sex, and the Omron HBF - 400 will give you the information you need to keep on track and reach your fitness goals.
Eating Healthy
Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating
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365 Days of Healthy Eating from the American Dietetic Association
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Change Your Food Change Your Life
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The Ultimate Healthy Eating Cookbook
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Healthy Eating for Life for Women
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Exercise Your Mind: Read
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Annie Oakley
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In an era when opportunities for women were limited, Annie Oakley's amazing ability with a gun proved that a woman could do just as well (or even better) than a man, even in traditionally "masculine fields" like shooting. Through talent and hard work...
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Bonnie and Clyde
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You've read the story of Jesse James- Of how he lived and died; If you're still in need Of something to read Here's the story of Bonnie and Clyde.
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Benjamin Franklin
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If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing. B. Franklin Benjamin Franklin lived by his edict. His writings and his work had a profound impact on people around...
Do you follow a fitness routine?
Randy_Hights wrote...
One of the simplest but most effective ways of staying healthy is walking. Walking on a regular basis will improve your condition and your health. People do all kinds of exercises but very often ignore simple walking. If you find walking boring you may try to use some kind of step counter like omron so that you may count your steps and keep track on your walking routine. Walking can benefit you more than most people realize.
Posted June 30, 2009
susannaduffy wrote...
Oh what a pain it is for me to keep almost-reasonable, I walk, I bounce, I swim, holding off the inevitable as long as I can
Posted June 11, 2009
Geoffcfp
We have some really good fitness walking progreams we use that might be helpful to others. In face we have developed our own little info website to help in particular folks over 50 get fit and active again.
In our case we focus on folks like us who have or want to overcome physical challenges as well. Ours include torn quad tendon, achilles heel problems, lower back pain, ACL tear, damaged wrists and so on. No we're not really a mess - it is just that with time you sorta have tendency to 'attract' some of this little beasties.
If you would like to take a peek at our programs you are welcome to do so at
http://www.50plus-fitness-walking
Perhaps you can find some value and motivation there.
Good luck
Geoff
Posted May 22, 2009
Geoffcfp
We have some really good fitness walking progreams we use that might be helpful to others. In face we have developed our own little info website to help in particular folks over 50 get fit and active again.
In our case we focus on folks like us who have or want to overcome physical challenges as well. Ours include torn quad tendon, achilles heel problems, lower back pain, ACL tear, damaged wrists and so on. No we're not really a mess - it is just that with time you sorta have tendency to 'attract' some of this little beasties.
If you would like to take a peek at our programs you are welcome to do so at
http://www.50plus-fitness-walking
Perhaps you can find some value and motivation there.
Good luck
Geoff
Posted May 22, 2009
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Healthy Heart Walking Tape
The Healthy Heart Walking Tape: Walking Workouts For A Lifetime Of Fitness
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President's Counsel on Fitness and Sports
Medline Plus; Exercise for Seniors
Senior Wellness Center
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