Then go out there and exercise and eat your way to a better future.
Fitness at 70
Exercising at 70 can literally be a life saver. Cardiovascular exercise, when used with a healthy diet, can prevent cardiovascular disease. Strength training can improve your balance. This means you will be less likely to fall. It also strengthens your bones. This means that if you do fall you are less likely to break something.
Even though exercise does so much to lengthen your life span and improve the quality of that life, most Americans don’t do it. A study in 2009 presented to the American Psychological Association, researchers reported that as many as 50 million Americans are sedentary which puts them at increased risk of health problems and an early death. (4)
Why People Don’t Exercise
People have all kinds of excuses for not exercising. For people over 60 they usually include ‘I’m tired,’ ‘I’m too old,’ ‘It’s too late for me to start that kind of thing.’ Some of them may even blame a specific medical condition for their lack of exercise. This is despite the fact that most health conditions would actually improve with regular exercise.
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