As we age, maintaining an active lifestyle becomes crucial for long-term health and wellness, but some forms of exercise begin to lose their appeal. Biking outdoors, for example, can be a fun and ...

You don’t need a gym membership to build strength—especially when the best lower-body workout may be waiting at your local ...

For those with mobility issues, these chair exercises help enhance heart health and muscle strength without the need for ...

Older adults have many exercise options that are great for building fitness but easy on the joints. “Low impact” does not mean low quality. The exercises in this article can be great ways to build or ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one in a series looking at individual and community efforts to give area senior citizens options for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Regular exercise can help senior citizens ...

Each year more than 1-in-4 older Americans fall, making it the leading cause of both fatal and nonfatal injuries for those ...

Biking is one of the most popular low-impact exercises, and thanks to trendy new home exercise bikes, you can go for a "ride" without ever leaving your home. You can even take a spin around another ...

For seniors aiming to stay active, improve mobility, or gently build strength, resistance bands are one of the most effective and low-impact tools available. Unlike heavy weights, they provide a safer ...

“I have people do a lot of closed-eye exercises when it’s safe,” Michiel says. She finds this helps them to get them in touch with their bodies, since not everybody has good kinesthetic awareness, or ...

Mark Loehrke Times correspondent Jul 19, 2024 Jul 19, 2024 0 From skydiving to attending college to anchoring a reality romance show, senior citizens are proving across a wide array of endeavors that ...