Senior Services
Did you know that moderate physical activity can help you live longer? And it can actually reduce health hazards? It's true.
It is also true that regular exercise helps control blood pressure, body weight and cholesterol levels, and it reduces the risks of hardening of the arteries, heart attack and stroke.
But the best reason for incorporating regular exercise into your life is that you'll feel better and enjoy life more. Exercise helps you sleep better, manage stress better, and gives you more endurance to enjoy work and play.
Regular physical activity can even help you maintain your independence.
Your Senior Training Program will include:
-Detailed health assessment to determine your fitness level
-A well-balanced fitness program including exercises to help condition muscles, tendons, ligaments and help fight osteoporosis.
-Exercises to keep your body more flexible to help protect your joints.
It is never too late to be active!
Muscle keeps us strong, burns calories and helps us maintain our weight. It contributes to improved balance and increased bone strength. Without it, we can lose our independence and our mobility. According to the American Heart Association, the inactive person loses 3–5% of muscle fiber each decade after age 30. This may accumulate to a 30% loss of muscle fiber at age 60. The good news is muscle loss is avoidable, and muscle mass can increase at any age in response to exercise! A study of weight lifting amongst 100 nursing home residents found that with regular leg exercise residents increased their walking speed by 12% and their leg strength by a whopping 113%-Richard Weil, MEd, CDE, Writer, MedicineNet, and WebMD, Inc.
What can exercise do for an older adult
Build cardiovascular endurance, muscle strength and endurance, flexibility and body composition
Increase strength for activities such as carrying groceries, climbing stairs or playing with the grandkids
Improve balance to help prevent falls
Restore flexibility to help speed recovery from an injury
Build endurance for walking farther
Improve the quality of life giving your residents the ability to pursue their interests and physical activities
Reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, colon cancer, breast cancer, and osteoporosis-American
Heart Association
Improve mood and relieve symptoms of depression
Most importantly, regular exercise helps keeps seniors independent!!
It is also true that regular exercise helps control blood pressure, body weight and cholesterol levels, and it reduces the risks of hardening of the arteries, heart attack and stroke.
But the best reason for incorporating regular exercise into your life is that you'll feel better and enjoy life more. Exercise helps you sleep better, manage stress better, and gives you more endurance to enjoy work and play.
Regular physical activity can even help you maintain your independence.
Your Senior Training Program will include:
-Detailed health assessment to determine your fitness level
-A well-balanced fitness program including exercises to help condition muscles, tendons, ligaments and help fight osteoporosis.
-Exercises to keep your body more flexible to help protect your joints.
It is never too late to be active!
Muscle keeps us strong, burns calories and helps us maintain our weight. It contributes to improved balance and increased bone strength. Without it, we can lose our independence and our mobility. According to the American Heart Association, the inactive person loses 3–5% of muscle fiber each decade after age 30. This may accumulate to a 30% loss of muscle fiber at age 60. The good news is muscle loss is avoidable, and muscle mass can increase at any age in response to exercise! A study of weight lifting amongst 100 nursing home residents found that with regular leg exercise residents increased their walking speed by 12% and their leg strength by a whopping 113%-Richard Weil, MEd, CDE, Writer, MedicineNet, and WebMD, Inc.
What can exercise do for an older adult
Build cardiovascular endurance, muscle strength and endurance, flexibility and body composition
Increase strength for activities such as carrying groceries, climbing stairs or playing with the grandkids
Improve balance to help prevent falls
Restore flexibility to help speed recovery from an injury
Build endurance for walking farther
Improve the quality of life giving your residents the ability to pursue their interests and physical activities
Reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, colon cancer, breast cancer, and osteoporosis-American
Heart Association
Improve mood and relieve symptoms of depression
Most importantly, regular exercise helps keeps seniors independent!!
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