Personal trainers explain how older adults can exercise safely by avoiding common mistakes like ego lifting, skipping ...

As the days grow longer, temperatures rise, and trees begin to bloom, it’s clear that spring is just around the corner. With the arrival of the new season comes the perfect opportunity to shake off ...

It is often said that exercise is the best medicine, but for many older adults, it can be a prescription that is increasingly ...

Aquatic exercise represents a versatile physical activity modality that offers significant benefits for older adults. The unique properties of water, such as buoyancy and resistance, enable ...

Muscles aren’t just for athletes and bodybuilders. Whether you’re walking to the corner store in West Philly, dancing in Germantown, or recovering from surgery in North Philly, your muscles are ...

When 80-year-old Los Angeles bike rider Joel Slaven was around 73 years old, he had a heart attack while on a long ride — he’d always been an avid exerciser, but found himself having to take a break ...

“Our findings suggest that increasing physical activity, even as little as five minutes per day, can reduce dementia risk in ...

Older adults who regularly participated in a community-based exercise program were able to slow - and in many cases reverse - declines in cardio fitness and strength that naturally come with age, a ...

Evidence Statement and Recommendation. Evidence Category A. Regular physical activity increases average life expectancy through its influence on chronic disease development, through the mitigation of ...

For many older adults, staying active often means doing it alone. Walking, jogging or heading to the gym solo have long been ...