By: Larry Waldman, Ph.D., ABPP Psychologist/Senior Fitness Specialist/Yoga Instructor Flexibility/Balance Flexibility and balance are as important to senior fitness as aerobic and strength training. As seen with aerobicizing and weight lifting, this adage very much applies: “Use it or lose it.” Another quip I recently heard is equally relevant: “When I rest, I rust.” Over time, without intervention, our [...]
By: Larry F. Waldman, Ph.D., ABPP Psychologist/Senior Fitness Specialist/Yoga Instructor Weight Training Weight training, also referred to as resistance training, strength training, or weight lifting, is important because it builds muscle and increases bone density. Weight lifting is critical for seniors because it retards and even reverses the typical progressive loss of muscle mass (and corresponding strength) with age, [...]
By: Larry F. Waldman, Ph.D., ABPP Psychologist/Senior Fitness Specialist/Yoga Instructor Aerobics Aerobic conditioning is important because it strengthens the heart (which is a muscle), improves lung capacity, oxygenates the brain, and increases vascular efficiency (opens your arteries and veins). Functionally, aerobic fitness enables seniors to develop the stamina to comfortably walk a mile or so at a decent pace, [...]
Part 1 (of 4) By Larry F. Waldman, Ph.D., ABPP Psychologist/Senior Fitness Specialist/Yoga Instructor Why Seniors Need to Get to the Gym According to the American Council on Exercise (ACE), after age 50 sedentary individuals lose approximately 1.5% of their muscle strength per year. This progressive muscle degradation, medically known as sarcopenia, without intervention, can cause 15% loss of [...]
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