Your circulatory system is in charge of bringing the cells that make your body stronger everywhere they are needed. Think of this as the roadway of your body. Your muscles have a lot of roadways—they are like cities. You can get anything in a large city. Your joints don’t get as much blood running through them. They are like the country. The roads are smaller and it takes longer to get what you want. Therefore your joints take longer to adapt to change. This is a vast oversimplification of a complex system, but you get the idea.
Strength train two days out of six. Use a weight that allows you to perform 8-10 repetitions. You should feel tired after the 10th rep. If you feel any pain, stop immediately. You will feel a little sore the next day. If you feel like you were run over by a truck, slow down.
Balance and Core work
You will be concentrating most of your effort on your balance and core exercises. The weight training will help you with your balance as well, but you need to do more than that. If you don’t do specific exercises to lengthen your ligaments, you will be doddering around in that short stride people in their 80’s usually develop. These exercises also improve your posture. This makes you look younger, and puts less stress on your joints.
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