Friday, February 8, 2013

Safe Exercises to Assist Elderly People Stay healthy, Trim, and Healthy

Safe Exercises to Assist Elderly People Stay healthy, Trim, and Healthy


by Hal Neff


There are lots of advantages to regular exercise for elderly people. When elderly people are active, they are physical and mentally healthy and may live on their own longer. These tips can help you create a safe and beneficial workout routine and keep up with it:

1 . Increase your endurance. You can do this by going for a stroll or a bike ride, both of which are good aerobic exercises to do. Elderly people get a lots of advantages from swimming because it is a great workout, causes few injuries and is low impact. You can try to get half an hour of moderate aerobic workout every day.

2. Get stronger. Once we become older, we shed muscle mass, but if you perform resistance training a few times a week you can avoid this problem. You should start out slowly, performing simple exercises with light weights, and increase the weight and period of time you workout over time. You can find classes at a senior center or you could join a gym. You can also buy weights or use stuff like a bag or rice or canned food and build strength at home.

3. Work on your flexibility. When you stretch, you will be more limber and less likely to get injured. You must do this every day if possible. Do some easy aerobics and that start stretching. Hold the stretches for thirty seconds and repeat several times. Over time, stretch further and further. You want to feel a small tension, but not pain. When you have pain, quit stretching and try something else that feels better.

4. Focus on your balance. When you have good balance, you are unlikely to slip and break a bone. You can do Tai Chi, which is low impact helping seniors with balance while also building strength. Just practising balancing on one foot will boost your balance.

Stay With Your Workout routine

1 . Maintain your goals reasonable. It's much better to exercise frequently and securely than exercising hard every so often. Find inspiration by establishing goals you are able to achieve. Look for ways to make exercise fit into your day including watching fewer tv and exercising instead. You can also exercise when you are watching your television shows.

2 . Make exercise fun. Try to find ways to incorporate what you like to do into your exercise. Try strolling with your grand kids when they are visiting instead of just utilizing the treadmill. Take a class with a friend instead of alone.

3. Come up with a different strategy. You won't always be able to do your own usual workout strategy. If you are traveling, stay at hotels with a gym. If you can't go for a stroll or bike ride outside, borrow an exercise video created for seniors from the library.

Workout Correctly

1 . Visit your doctor before you begin working out after being inactive so you can do so in a way that is safe. There are exercises for all types of individuals with health issues and lots of methods to modify the standard workouts you are used to doing.

2 . Be sure you are breathing properly. When you breathe properly, you will have better form when you exercise. Breathe out when exerting effort and inhale when relaxing. Use this method if you are lifting weights.

3. Stay hydrated. You need enough water even when you are not sweating. When you get thirsty, it means you are already dehydrated.

4. Get good shoes. It is simple to begin exercising without having to spend a lot of money on equipment, but you will need good shoes. Make sure you select shoes that are made specifically for your type of sport or exercise routine. If you can't tie your shoes easily, get velcro closing shoes.

Seniors get lots of advantages from routine workout. When you workout in a way that is safely and do so on a regular basis, you'll look and feel excellent.

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