Active Aging

Think you’re too old to start exercising? Think again. A growing body of research suggests that anyone can start to enjoy the benefits of being physically active, no matter how old they may be.

If you are looking for a way to improve your health, enhance your quality of life and increase your overall lifespan, consider adding more resistance training to your current level of physical activity. And if you’re still unconvinced that resistance training is important, here are nine reasons why you should reconsider, especially if you are over the age of 50.

The key to minimizing the effects of aging is committing to a healthy lifestyle at all stages of life. Learn how an active and balanced lifestyle can help you reap numerous cardiovascular and cognitive benefits, including warding off many of the age-related diseases that make life more challenging over time.

Adults over 50 have been told for years that as we progress in age, our exercise program should include fewer standing movements. ACE Fitness Expert Lawrence Biscontini cites new research that says otherwise. He also spells out the three components of aging movements, and ways you can incorporate them into your workout.

One 75-year-old bodybuilding grandma, who insists “age is nothing but a number,” isn’t taking aging lying down. Ernestine Shepherd, who attracted some attention over the weekend thanks to a feature by BBC, says her calling in life is to help others get healthy. And it’s helped her stay young in the process.