Fit to Function

13 Benefits of Strength Training for People Older Than 50 According to Dr. Wayne Westcott, as many as 80 percent of men and women in their 50s and older have too little muscle and too much fat, leading to obesity, osteoporosis, diabetes, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, heart disease, stroke, arthritis, low back pain, and numerous types of canc...

Strength Training / Posture / Yoga / Anatomy by Muscle & Motion

To stay healthy in old age, research finds building muscles is key Even for 60ish youngsters, researchers reaffirm that exercise is essential. But just walking won’t cut it. Break out the weights and go for strength training, too.

Seniors and exercise, the fact is the older we get the more we need it. As we age we lose muscle mass at a much greater rate ,we experience decreased mobility, reaction time lessens ,posture issues are likely, all these lead to gait and balance issues . We are like a car, as we accumulate mileage, we tend to have more problems. Due to these reasons we have less room for error. A youngster can go to a gym, do the wrong thing and get away with it (for awhile). I go to the gym, bend over wrong and I'm on ice for a few days. It's strange but true the older we get the more we need exercise and the more we need to DO IT CORRECTLY.

Lots of fitness and exercise info out there, "do this do that". The fact of the matter is just do something but DO IT RIGHT! The older we get we aquire some wear and tear which may lead to compensation or dysfunction which may lead to even more wear and tear. Do the exercises correctly. Address these dysfunctions that prevent the exercises to be done correctly and you'll be fine.

Short video, great information for those over 50. I will be sharing more like this weekly.

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