Exercises That Work For Me

As we get older, some people may experience weakness, fatigue, loss of strength, or balance issues—known as frailty. Frailty isn’t an inevitable part of aging. The right physical activity can lower your risk and even improve existing frailty.

To make exercise part of daily life, find activities that fit your routine and add small movements: take the stairs, walk while on the phone, play with grandchildren, or do household chores. These little steps accumulate, helping you stay strong, healthy, and active.

Regular physical exercise is one of the most important

things you can do for your health. People who have never engaged in physical activity can start being active at any stage of their lives, even at an older age. Although we all understand that physical exercise contributes tremendously to maintaining your health, it is not simple making it a part of your routine. There are several ways to help you incorporate physical exercise in your daily life and improve your health. We have gathered some tips and recommendations.

• Adjust training duration and intensity to your fitness, your level of functioning and your personal capability.
• Prepare an exercise program. Start slowly and increase the pace or frequency of your training gradually.
• Try a variety of exercises until you find the activity you enjoy. Perform some exercises by yourself, with a group of people, at home or outdoors. It is important that you adjust the activity to your preferences.
• Pick a physical activity you enjoy; this will increase the chances that you persevere.
• Choose a convenient, available, and accessible activity framework in terms of location, price, opening hours, etc. You can inquire about activities most suitable for older ages.
• Follow safety rules: convenient clothing, suitable footwear, adequate water consumption during and after exercise, and a proper use of workout equipment.
• Exercise with friends.

Any physical activity you perform will contribute to your health!
A small amount of physical exercise is better than none, and there are simple activities you can do to incorporate physical exercise in your daily life and significantly improve your fitness, for example:

• Choose the stairs instead of the elevator: walking up and down the stairs contributes to improving cardiovascular endurance and strengthening leg muscles.
• Add to your walking distance: for example, walk to the grocery store, park the car away from your destination, and so on. Daily walks contribute to improving cardiovascular endurance and strengthening leg muscles.
• Carry your groceries home from the grocery store: such an activity contributes to improving cardiovascular endurance and muscle strengthening.
• Hike in nature: it contributes to improving cardiovascular endurance, muscle strengthening, and balance.
• Work in the garden: working in the garden contributes to arm and leg muscle strengthening, and improves cardiovascular endurance.
• Take some regular breaks during the day to move around and to perform exercises for improving your posture.

Your health benefits will increase with a gradual and adjusted increase in physical activity.