All healthy seniors whom we see around have been physically active throughout their lives. These people walk, run, play, swim, lift weights and do yoga. Walking, if one does it vigorous enough, is a convenient and an overall exercise for regular aerobic activity. It does not need any equipment. It carries the lowest risk of injury or side effects. Human body is designed to walk, 10 to 15,000 steps a day (3-5 miles) easily. Elder people can walk in parks, shopping malls or any other suitable place in the neighborhood. Speed walk for 30 minutes a day for 5 days a week is optimum. Flexibility and balance training are important as well. These are necessary to avoid aches and pains which the body is prone to at an old age. A word of wisdom: if
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In a large measure that is due to the reason that maximum heart rate steadily falls by about 7 to 8 beats per minute per decade. It happens with or without training. It happens for active people as well as people of sedentary habits. Due to this, the heart cannot pump as much blood even at its maximum effort. With a slower heart rate and less oxygen in the lungs, the muscles do not get enough oxygen rich blood. A study of trained athletes between the ages of 55 to 68 showed 10 to 20% less blood flow to their legs than athletes in their …show more content…
A normal resting heart rate for adult ranges from 60 to 100 beats a minute. To count your pulse rate (a.k.a. heart rate), the ideal time is when you first wake up in the morning or at least before you leave the bed. Locate your pulse on your wrist or at your neck by using your index and middle fingers together and then count the beats that occur within one full minute (monitor using second hand of the watch, or start and stop at change of the minute digit in the flat panel display – do not count pulse only for 10 seconds and then multiply by 6). Resting heart rate is an easy measure of health, wellness and even longevity. In one study, Norway researchers analyzed data of nearly 30,000 healthy men and women with no history of heart problems. They measured twice, 10 years apart and found that those whose resting pulse rate increased from under 70 beats per minute (bpm) at the first reading to more than 85 at the second reading were twice as likely to die over a 12-year follow-up period, compared to people who maintained below 70. The opposite effect was also observed in people whose heart rates dropped over the same period. Those started with 70 to 85 and dropped to less than 70 were 40% less likely to die of heart problems than those who remained high all
In a large measure that is due to the reason that maximum heart rate steadily falls by about 7 to 8 beats per minute per decade. It happens with or without training. It happens for active people as well as people of sedentary habits. Due to this, the heart cannot pump as much blood even at its maximum effort. With a slower heart rate and less oxygen in the lungs, the muscles do not get enough oxygen rich blood. A study of trained athletes between the ages of 55 to 68 showed 10 to 20% less blood flow to their legs than athletes in their …show more content…
A normal resting heart rate for adult ranges from 60 to 100 beats a minute. To count your pulse rate (a.k.a. heart rate), the ideal time is when you first wake up in the morning or at least before you leave the bed. Locate your pulse on your wrist or at your neck by using your index and middle fingers together and then count the beats that occur within one full minute (monitor using second hand of the watch, or start and stop at change of the minute digit in the flat panel display – do not count pulse only for 10 seconds and then multiply by 6). Resting heart rate is an easy measure of health, wellness and even longevity. In one study, Norway researchers analyzed data of nearly 30,000 healthy men and women with no history of heart problems. They measured twice, 10 years apart and found that those whose resting pulse rate increased from under 70 beats per minute (bpm) at the first reading to more than 85 at the second reading were twice as likely to die over a 12-year follow-up period, compared to people who maintained below 70. The opposite effect was also observed in people whose heart rates dropped over the same period. Those started with 70 to 85 and dropped to less than 70 were 40% less likely to die of heart problems than those who remained high all