Hack your walk with Nordic Walking Guy’s 3 rules:
- Walk with purpose!
- Be consistent!
- Remember everything count’s but not everything matters!
A UPI article pointed out the connection between exercise and independent living among older people.
Main point: “…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.”
More about it:
- “The formula for success involved adding extra walking, along with strength, flexibility and balance exercises, to their daily routine.”
- “The findings confirm the value of structured physical activity in older adults living on their own,”
- “…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.”
Why it matters:
- “Many of the activities that people want to maintain as they grow older, from managing the distance between parking space and grocery store and then walking while shopping in the store, require a certain level of mobility.”
- “…Many of the activities that people want to maintain as they grow older, from managing the distance between parking space and grocery store and then walking while shopping in the store, require a certain level of mobility.”
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