Archive for the ‘Exercise’ Category
The slow aging exercise plan
Slow exercise is about being open to the many opportunities we have to accumulate a range of physical activities that will make a real difference to our health
How does exercise slow aging?
Physical activity modifies the factors that contribute to aging and disease, including heart disease, diabetes, dementia, depression, osteoporosis and cancer.
How to start your strength training program
Resistance training offers a very important way of maintaining, and even improving our muscle mass and strength, which tends to decrease as we age
Basic stretching for safer exercise
In these basic stretching exercises, we show you how to slowly move your limb to the end of its range of movement, until tension is felt in the muscles
How hard should we exercise to slow aging?
We should have at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise every second day. Better health outcomes are seen with longer more frequent workouts.
Walking to slow aging
Simply walking provides many of the benefits of aerobic exercise, and should not be overlooked as an important part of any on-going health and fitness program aimed at slowing the aging process
Aging and exercise – essential for disease prevention
How much exercise should we do? Putting an adequate amount of time into your aging and exercise regime is paramount. The minimum activity level is walking (or other similar activity) at a moderate pace for 30 minutes on most days or 150 minutes/week. This will result in significant healthy aging benefits, such as disease prevention,
Exercise and the impact on aging
Aerobic Exercise Aerobic exercise is performed when the exercise is continuous and prolonged for more than three minutes. Aerobic exercise requires oxygen to be supplied to the muscles to keep them contracting. Aerobic activities include walking or jogging, cycling, swimming, aerobics, circuit weight training and sports, such as soccer, squash and tennis, where there are
Aging and exercise – ACSM guidelines
The ACSM recommends that older adults undertake a minimum 150 mins/week or 30 mins on 5 days/week of moderate intensity physical activity and exercise
Keeping fit made easy
For many people exercise is something extra to do in a busy schedule. This was not always so. In previous years we had to be active to stay alive. Our more ancient ancestors could only eat what they caught or gathered. Through the ages most work has been physical right up to the advent of