Hack your walk with Nordic Walking Guy’s 3 rules:
- Walk with purpose!
- Be consistent!
- Remember everything counts but not everything matters!
An article reported a study that showed how older adults improved their mobility via exercise and nutrition. Consider Nordic walking in your exercise routine. It can be a major factor in helping you stay mobile as you age.
Main point: “…the most important objective that older persons will report is that they want to maintain their independence as they grow older, meaning that they don’t want to have to rely on others for accomplishing their day-to-day activities.”
More about it:
- “…physically frail elderly people with low muscle mass (sarcopenia) were able to reduce their level of “mobility disability” by 22% over three years, using a program that included specific changes to their exercise habits and diets.”
- “The formula for success involved adding extra walking, along with strength, flexibility and balance exercises, to their daily routine. It also included increasing their protein intake.”
Why it matters: “When someone loses the ability to have independent mobility, that’s often a very powerful risk factor for subsequent poor outcomes, meaning that you may lose the ability to manage some more basic activities.”
What to do about it: “…an important way to make it more possible for seniors to walk would be to remove impediments to community mobility. This would include making neighborhoods safe to walk in by having protected walking paths or indoor paths.”
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