Posted on 05/30/2025 4:01:55 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
As we age, our balance, stability and coordination can decline. One way to counteract this is to build strength with functional workouts.
Functional exercises mimic everyday actions and strengthen the muscles we use regularly, which can help us move well for longer.
And when we keep our bodies strong and agile, we are less prone to injury and chronic health conditions.
But this doesn’t mean spending hours in the gym or doing complicated workouts.
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“””24 cans in a case, 24 hours in a day. Coincidence?”””
Sometimes stuff is just so obvious they don’t need to put instructions on the box. But this one is definitely easy to figure out.
Hmmm...
Never mind “just” three exercises...
I’m 92.6, and between the ages of 50 and 80, I spent 4 days a week at a World Gym performing intense workouts...
I regret stopping at 78... But declining 1RMs started, so I just continued as a trainer for a few years...
Since then, my chief exercise is driving my wife to various casinos...
I used to setup stages for K-12 events at the school where I worked. I stepped from the stage down to the auditorium floor, like I’d done 100s of times before. I literally heard the ligaments in my right leg and ankle separate.
For liberals, jumping to conclusions on no evidence.
My doc said Squats 3x20...
Course he has us doing HIIT on the elliptical 3x a week, too
Yep. Walking down the stairs is the killer. It seems counter-intuitive. People think walking up the stairs will get you. Nope, more people going down the stairs get injured.
God bless
I will turn 70 this year. Twice in my life I have been flat on my back, practically unable to move. People who do not know how to drive ran into me.
Whatever your age and condition, GET UP AND MOVE, a little, or more.
After each car accident, I started to move. At first, just around the house. Later, around the block. Previously, I had reached some great levels of exercise, bicycling 100+ miles a day. I knew I could/would recover from the accidents. Walking around the block does not compare to climbing a mountain on a bicycle, but it was what I could do at the time.
There are times when you have to listen to your body, and rest. Often, once you start moving, a little or a lot, you will find your body wants to move. A long time ago a great chiropractor taught me that one of the best things for a stiff lower back is a walk around the block.
There are so many ways to incorporate exercise into your day. When I am carrying groceries, I do bicep curls. If I am someplace, waiting for a little while, and there are stairs nearby, I will do some stair climbing.
I would actually add something for balance.
I don’t know what it would be called, but standing on one leg at a time to strengthen the stabilizer muscles in the leg.
After mr. mm’s ATV rollover a few years ago, he needed a lot of PT and the leg that was the worse from lack of use was the one that got broken.
I’ve heard that that exercise done a few times a day can help prevent falls in older adults.
Thanks for sharing
PING Health and Aging
I will add a few. Pushups and pull ups if you can. And deep “sitting” like a deep squat where you stay in that position for 30 seconds or longer. Strengthenes and stretches.
Where were you when I was in my 60’s?
Bad for wrists.
Wow. Did you keep that up in Israel?
Bicep curls? An isolation exercise working a single muscle the size of an orange?
The condition of the major muscle groups in your legs and bun is a predictor of how long you will live.
“I have a slight weight problem, I went to this doctor who told me I swallowed a lot of aggression...along with a lot of pizzas”
You missed the innuendo. 🤔
Would like to do deadlifts again but L4/L5 disc herniation.
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