Balance

We’ve not hesitated to encourage you to maintain or boost your strength as you go about your healthy aging exercise routine. As you may know, after age 30 you lose up to 8% of your muscle mass every decade, and once you hit 60 that process accelerates. So not only…

You may love him or hate him, but chances are you (or someone you love) now have something in common with 81-year-old Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell: That is, a serious fall leading to injury and hospitalization. As you may know, Senator McConnell recently tripped at a private dinner in…

As an agebuzz reader, you know our steady drumbeat about the health benefits of walking. As an easy-to-initiate activity, walking, whether slow and steady or faster with purpose, can help sharpen your brain, trim your waste, and work all the muscles necessary to keep you upright and balanced. Merely by…

Whether you’re a golfer, gardener, or gamer, you’ve likely come to realize that staying flexible, maintaining balance and strength, and lessening the likelihood of back pain are all essential if you want to pursue your passion. The problem is, as you get older, all of these goals become harder to…

With the cold, winter weather currently underway, it’s likely you’re walking less outside- though if you are, you need to dress warmly and tread carefully. Winter weather doesn’t necessarily give you a reprieve from keeping up your fitness and making sure you get in a certain number of steps each…

There’s certainly no lack of information and advice about exercise and aging on agebuzz. Whether it’s about walking, weight lifting or just moving your body as frequently as possible, we’ve signed on to the essential wisdom that, “Exercise is the best prescription for maintaining your independence.” But is there a…