Types of Exercise

Exercise Types to Keep You Healthy and Strong!

These types of exercise are the most important, according to the National Institute on Aging:

Endurance: Heart Rate Boosting!  Great for the heart, lungs and circulation. Walking, jogging, biking, swimming, or Chair Dancing® aerobic programs are great ways to increase your endurance and heart health.

Balance and Stretching: These exercises help prevent falls, a major cause of disability in older adults. Stretching keeps the body limber and flexible.  Chair Yoga and Simply Stretch will keep you strong- mind body and spirit 

Strength Training: Exercising with Weights.  Lifting weights make older adults strong enough to do what they need to do – and like to do.  Use water bottles to start they are equivalent to 1lb weights.  Try any of our Sit Down and Tone Up programs for ideas on how to target specific muscles.