Senior citizens make up a larger segment of our society than ever before. As such, senior citizen health is a national concern. More importantly, it is a family concern. Exercise is important to keep the seniors active, healthy, and fit well into the retirement years. While a home fitness program is essential to maintaining senior vitality, few of us can afford an in home personal trainer. However, we owe it to ourselves to engage in daily activities that will support our health and well being.
Senior fitness training can be done at home with minimal home exercise equipment, 30 minutes to an hour a day, and a little motivation. In fact, with little effort each of us can develop a personal fitness program to meet our specific needs while making it fun.
Many of us who are over 50 are now discovering that we have spent years working and not exercising. Sure, some of us have promised ourselves that we would lose weight or start a fitness regime, but time did not permit it. Unlike our children — our grown children — we put work and family ahead [...]
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Save money on monthly gym fees and get in shape with the compact, comfortable Nautilus R514 recumbent exercise bike, which enables you to ride longer and harder with its biomechanically-correct design and comfort features, enhanced programming, and integrated Polar heart rate monitoring system. The Nautilus R514 recumbent exercise bike for the home. Please note the [...]
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Get in shape at home with the comfortable Schwinn 220 recumbent exercise bike, offering a compact design and the feel of a more traditional outdoor bike while relying on core, stabilizing muscles to balance your body weight. Ideal for Everyone, Especially Senior Citizens The idea of a recumbent exercise bike is to support the back. [...]
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Save money on monthly gym fees and get in shape at the same time with the comfortable Schwinn 240 recumbent exercise bike. It offers a compact design and the feel of a more traditional outdoor bike while relying on core, stabilizing muscles to balance your body weight. For the exerciser who knows the value of [...]
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Celebrity trainer Joel Harper reveals his body-firming and fat-burning secrets. This easy-to-follow workout program is perfect for all fitness levels and ages. FIRMING AFTER 50 contains 3 workouts – upper body, lower body, and an abs workout. This DVD shows you various stretch techniques and exercises that will help you tone and firm every muscle [...]
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As we get older we all too often believe that we need to cut back on exercise — at least on weight training. Perhaps, weight training or resistance training was once the venue for young men who wanted to develop muscles. Today according to all scientific evidence resistance training is just as important for senior [...]
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Resistance bands are the safest way to get a good weight training workout without the risk of strains. Used by physical therapists and occupational therapists, as well as now many reputable workout programs, the resistance band is replacing free weights in many instances. For those who work out alone or may be a beginner or [...]
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The DYNA-Band Green medium resistance band is ideal for the beginner or senior who works out alone or is interested in weight training. Although resistance bands are practically weightless and easy to carry on vacation or use around the home without taking up space, the benefits are beyond belief. We were first introduced to resistance [...]
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DYNA-Band Purple Heavy Resistance Band is for the exerciser who has advanced from the green band or for use when working out the legs for the beginner. It is recommended that anyone beginning a weight training program purchase a selection of DYNA-band resistance bands in various weights. For those who have engaged in weight training [...]
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