Publisher's Synopsis
Exercise is important during every stage of your life, but even more so as you approach your senior years. That's because exercise can potentially reduce your risk of developing chronic health conditions like diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.
When you do an aerobic activity like running, biking, or swimming, you're forcing your heart to work harder to keep up with your movement. In the process, you're also helping to lower your blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and heart rate.
Exercise also plays a pivotal role in mood. When you exercise, your body releases more endorphins, also known as one of the "feel-good" hormones. Endorphins can substantially improve your mood and even reduce pain, often compared to the effects of heavy-duty painkillers.
Even though exercise takes a lot out of you in terms of energy, exercise also has great potential to boost your energy levels in the long-term. That's a direct result of the newly released endorphins and a better ability to get quality sleep at night.
Perhaps the most noticeable benefits of exercise during your senior years are the improvements in strength, balance, and mobility. You can achieve this through strength and aerobic training and it greatly reduces your risk of falls, osteoporosis, and arthritis.
But exercising also goes further than what was mentioned above - it can lower your risks for falls. By increasing your strength, you can lift your feet higher which can prevent you from catching your toe on the edge of a step, for example, and tripping (and risk breaking a bone).
Plus, my book also discusses things you can do around your house to lessen your chances of falling.
Measures taken to prevent falls is very important as we age. After all, falling is the number one reason why seniors break bones - especially hips. When that happens, many of them do not fully recover and end up losing their independence by living in an assisted-living facility or nursing home because they can no longer take care of themselves
If you have an aging family member (or are one yourself), you owe it to them (or yourself) to get this book. The information can not only slowing down the aging process, but also preserve a better quality of life.
