Staying in the gym after 50 is the best way to maintain your good health. Are you ready to stay fit after 50?
Before you can consider yourself a healthy person after age 50, you have to answer one question. Do you think exercise is important? If you answered no to that question, it’s time to reconstruct your view of healthy living after age 50. Here are a few things you should know that may help you rethink what you think you know about exercise after 50.
Exercise Is Not Scary
Though you may fear broken bones or heart issues due to exercise, you can put your fears at ease. Unless you have pre-existing conditions that make it extremely dangerous to exercise, you can get in the gym safely. And if you think a heart condition is a good reason to avoid exercise, you’re very wrong. In fact, exercise is one of the most important things you can do to strengthen your heart to build up resistance against the next heart event.
Don’t let this good news give you undue confidence. Just like everyone else, you should check with your physician to make sure the exercises you’re planning to do won’t cause you any unexpected trials and tribulations. Once you get the okay from your physician, put on a brave face and your favorite workout clothes and get to exercising.
– Oscar Wilde in The Picture of Dorian Gray
You’re Not Too Old
Okay, you’re 50 years old and you’ve not darkened the door of an exercise facility in decades. Doesn’t that count you out of the exercise world? Shouldn’t all those years of not exercising keep you from being able to get in the gym now? Won’t your body reject the idea of exercising after being sedentary for so long?
No. Why? Because you’re never too old to exercise, and you’re never too old to begin exercising. Whether you’re 50 or 98, beginning an exercise routine today isn’t a silly idea. It is necessary. At least if you want to have the good health that so many people dream of enjoying.
Your Body Can Handle It All
When you were younger, you did it all. You played basketball and football, ran track and cross country, and spent plenty of time in the weight room to make sure you were well prepared for all of these activities and more. Now that you’re a few years older, you may be shying away from the variety of exercises you once completed without a second look. But you shouldn’t.
Getting regular exercise is vital to your lifelong good health. Getting regular exercise that is also well rounded will make sure your health is at its peak. Instead of spending all of your time on the treadmill or the stair stepper, get plenty of variety. Go for cardio, flexibility, and strength training on a regular basis. You want your body to be able to do all kinds of different tasks, and having a varied routine will help train it to make them all happen.
Greatest Benefit Awaits
The benefits of exercise aren’t just stories. Research has shown the vast benefits of exercise for people of all ages. And in case you’re wondering, adults over age 50 get the biggest bang for their exercise buck.
Some of the perks of exercise that are particularly exciting for the 50-plus crowd include the following:
- improved digestion
- improved heart and lung function
- decreased risk of osteopenia and osteoporosis
- improved energy levels and stamina
- improved bone strength
- improved flexibility and agility
- improved flexibility
- decreased stress
- improved short- and long-term memory
- improved balance
- improved blood pressure levels
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