| Who Says Seniors Don't Have Time For Health? | | | | workouts easier, such as step- and |
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| Senior health is a popular topic these days | | | | |
| as aging baby boomers try to figure out the | | | | Where Seniors Do It |
| best ways to keep enjoying their | | | | |
| goldenyears... which happily are lasting | | | | Seniors are as divided in their opinion of |
| longer and longer in the 21st Century. | | | | the best place to exercise as they are on |
| | | | what to do. Many seniors use their workout to |
| Senior fitness is also an important issue as | | | | get out and get some fresh air. The last |
| technology and labor-saving devices have | | | | thing they want to do to raise their heart |
| created a landscape where "hard work" is | | | | rate is to exercise in a climate-controlled |
| diminished but so are the long-term health | | | | health club. They prefer outdoor activities |
| benefits that come from leading an active | | | | like walking tours suitable for seniors. |
| life. And senior health is also a key to a | | | | Other fitness-minded seniors, especially |
| healthy mind. Numerous studies point to a | | | | older fitness enthusiasts, say there's |
| strong connection between regular exercise | | | | nothing like a professional gym. And for |
| and emotional stability, providing strong | | | | seniors with a desire to keep their workout |
| evidence that many seniors can literally | | | | close to home, an in-house gym or workout |
| exercise away their depression. | | | | 'station' is the ideal choice. |
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| It Starts With A Plan...And A Checkup | | | | Why Suffer When You Don't Have To? |
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| Senior health and fitness don't happen by | | | | Seniors, unlike their younger counterparts on |
| magic. To 'score' a lifetime of health, older | | | | the workout floor, may not be there to "feel |
| fitness enthusiasts need a game plan. The | | | | the burn," but to avoid it! Studies show that |
| kick-off is a visit with your doctor. | | | | seniors who exercise can avoid a wide range |
| Together you can set ACHIEVABLE 'goals' for | | | | of painful health conditions including |
| both the short and long term...something more | | | | HEARTBURN and LEG NUMBNESS. Seniors who lower |
| than just raising a heart rate, for example. | | | | their heart rate through exercise and |
| It's also important for seniors to give | | | | maintain a general level of fitness also |
| themselves INTERIM REWARDS for the progress | | | | lower their risk for a wide range of |
| they make towards older fitness and health. | | | | life-threatening diseases. including heart |
| Taking the time to create a written plan and | | | | attack and stroke. Older fitness enthusiasts |
| timetable will go a long way towards | | | | who choose low impact workouts improve their |
| establishing a senior health and fitness | | | | cardio-vascular fitness, slow bone loss, and |
| program that can be adhered to not just for a | | | | reduce the risk of breaks, fractures and |
| few weeks...but for a lifetime. | | | | other challenges to senior health. |
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| The Right Tools for the Job...And Your | | | | The Secret of Success |
| Workout | | | | |
| | | | There's no 'magic bullet' that guarantees |
| Seniors who are 'serious' about achieving | | | | senior health and fitness. There's not even a |
| better health through exercise don't leave | | | | 'magic' workout or exercise. If there's any |
| their fitness to chance the way their | | | | 'magic' in senior fitness, it's a magic word. |
| grandparents did. They create a workout | | | | That word is COMMITMENT. For any exercise |
| regimen that's challenging enough to promote | | | | program or fitness regimen to work, you need |
| senior health, but enjoyable enough that | | | | to follow it regularly...for life. A great |
| they'll stick to it. They start a journal so | | | | way to stay motivated is to KEEP A DAILY |
| that they can chart their progress in areas | | | | EXERCISE JOURNAL. Record the kind of exercise |
| including weight loss and heart rate. Senior | | | | you did that day, your heart rate, and |
| health enthusiasts, especially experienced | | | | anything else that's meaningful to you. |
| older fitness fans, may want to invest in | | | | You'll feel great when you review the |
| fitness devices from digital blood pressure | | | | progress you've made in creating a lifetime |
| monitors for the wrist to wireless muscle | | | | of good health for yourself. |
| toners, as well as gadgets designed to make | | | | |