Exercising Into Your Golden Age

  • by Stephen Touhey
Exercising Into Your Golden Age

As you enter your golden years, it’s important to maintain flexibility and strength. Squeezing exercise into your daily life can seem daunting if you’re not currently living an active lifestyle. As humans age, there’s a difference between males and females due to menopause, loss of hormonal production, and the onset of chronic conditions and diseases. Bones shrink in size and density, weakening them and causing a risk of fracture. Muscles also lose strength which leads to a decrease in coordination, stability, and balance. Menopause causes weight gain, mood swings, anxiety, and depression. Men have very high incidents of heart disease after age 60. Consistent exercise wards off heart disease, cancer, and dementia.

 

Ensuring you figure out a variety of exercises that are fun and exciting is paramount. Experts suggest starting out slowly with low-intensity exercises. Listening to your body during all phases of exercise is extremely important. Forbes promotes a regimen of at least 2.5 to 5 hours of aerobic activity per week, including brisk walking, cycling, swimming, dancing, and nature walks.

 

Joining group activities like an aerobics class or spin class can increase your serotonin through social interaction. The combination of cardiovascular health and mental health improvement

can keep things light while making sure you get your dose of exercise. If you prefer to work out alone, you can create a routine at your local gym or ask a personal trainer for assistance.

If you prefer avoiding the gym altogether, consider heading to the lake for a swim or practicing yoga in the park. There is not one way to incorporate movement into your life no matter your age. If you enjoy dancing to live music, find an open mic night or salsa club to dance and meet new people. Many community centers also provide dance classes, hiking clubs, and leisure teams that are completely free. Join a baseball league or have some fun with a dodgeball league if you’re looking for a team environment that doesn’t expect high-level performance.

The most important part of exercise is moving more and sitting less. Something as simple as a walk around the block after dinner or completing a stretch routine before bed can vastly improve your overall strength and flexibility. There are so many options that you can incorporate into your daily regimen.

To compliment exercise, dietary and health supplements are important. The Mayo Clinic suggests adequate amounts of calcium and vitamin D and limiting your intake of alcohol. You can also incorporate bio-frequency patches to aid in the longevity of your overall health. BioActivate harnesses the power of Energy Medicine Technology to increase your wellness, naturally. No drugs, no side effects, and made in the USA. Our patches realign your body’s energy to a healthier state which enables optimal cellular functions so you can be and feel your very best. From assisting you through menopause with our Deep Sleep patch to relieving joint and bone pain with our Pain Relief patch, you’ll discover a wide variety of healing abilities with BioActivate.


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