How to adapt your workout as you age
Monday, August 4th, 2014 | Aging, Disease Prevention, Exercise, Exercise Plan, Training Regimen, Work Out | No Comments
As you get older, it’s easy to let your exercise regimen slip away. Schedules get more complicated with work, spouses and children. Bodies don’t respond as well to high-intensity workouts or longer bouts of activity. But it’s important to stay active for the long run — for a variety of reasons.
As we age, the goal of our activity may shift from weight-loss or general health to more specific goals. Injury and even death from falls is an unfortunate trend for older adults — as adults approach their 70s, they need to consider how to improve their balance and reduce their chances of falling.
There are lots of exercises and programs to improve balance that can be done at the gym or at home. Lee Spieker, the founder and CEO of Physiquality partner program Railyard Fitness, lists a variety of exercises that challenge balance and coordination:
- Stork walks (which can be done with a rotation, as seen in the linked video, or in a straight line forward and/or backwards)
- The grapevine or carioca
- Side (or lateral) shuffles
You can also use a balance board to challenge your balance at a higher level….. Read more
