Archive for the ‘Exercise’ Category
How to get FITT!
To reap health benefits, we need to progressively challenge ourselves by changing exercise Frequency, Intensity, Time and Type (known as the FITT principles)
Resistance training program guidelines
Resistance training offers a very important way of maintaining, and even improving our muscle mass and strength as we age. Here is a guide for a basic program
Strength training for healthy aging
Strength training should be conducted at least 2-3 times/week, on alternate days so muscles can regenerate and become stronger as a result of repeated sessions
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,