Here’s a great infographic as a follow up to our post yesterday. Compiled By: InsuranceQuotes.org
Tag: exercise and the elderly
Jogging Adds Years to Life & Makes You Happier
Danish researchers have found that those who jog at least an hour a week can add an average of six more years to their life. According to Dr. Peter Schnohr, chief cardiologist from the Copenhagen City Heart study, there is an “age-adjusted survival benefit of 6.2 years in men and...
Irregular Activity / Sex Can Be Dangerous – Consistency is Key
Being a couch potato six days of the week and deciding to ride a bike, work in the yard, go hiking, and/or have sex on day seven – well it could kill you. A recent USA Today article looked at how bouts of exercise and sex may be riskier to...
Aerobic Exercise Can Increase Brain Size
Aerobic exercise can increase the size of the aging brain’s hippocampus, the part that houses memory and spatial navigation, researchers report. Researchers studied 120 older adults (ages 55 to 80) who didn’t normally exercise regularly, over the course of a year. Half of the group was assigned to an aerobic...
Jack LaLanne – What Can You Say – Incredible Role Model
Jack LaLanne, the fitness guru died January 23 at age 96. Lalanne ate healthy and exercised every day of his life up until the end, his agent said. His advice is timeless: “The only way you can hurt the body is not use it,” “Inactivity is the killer and, remember,...
Senior Exercise Vital No Matter When You Start
Keeping seniors moving is vital, and some exercise is better than none at all. According to a recent HealthDay News item, getting seniors to work out can be challenging. Experts in elderly exercise note that seniors will give reasons as varied as feeling self-conscious to serious fears of falling when...