The best thing about walking? It’s right outside your front door. You can walk for five minutes or for an hour, depending on your stamina and mobility. And in the winter, malls typically allow the public to walk before opening hours.
In some ways, weight training doesn’t seem like a senior activity, does it? But weight training provides resistance, improves your strength, and helps keep your bones strong. As with other kinds of exercise programs, you may need some direction at first and will want to start small. The CDC, in conjunction with Tufts University, has an online booklet, “Growing Stronger: Strength Training for Older Adults,” with printable pages including exercises for getting started (from warm-up to cool-down) and a 12-week workbook/log sheet to track your progress.
If you have access to a swimming pool, you have access to one of the best exercises for seniors. There’s no impact, like there can be in other aerobics or fitness classes. Plus, the water provides its own resistance (i.e. weight training without the weights!), and you reap the same benefits as other exercises in terms of heart health, flexibility, muscle and bone health, and stress relief.
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