Strength training
To live long and strong in retirement, lift heavy weights
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Taking up weight-training in retirement can preserve vital strength in later life, research suggests. Danish researchers tracked more than 450 healthy retirees ...
The health risks of being a skinny old person – and how to stay strong
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Build up the length of your walks slowly Walking is the starting point for someone who wants to strengthen their heart and ...
Hair, skin, muscle – why everything gets thinner when you hit 60 and how to fight back
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Causes Our hair and hair follicles age, just like our skin. It is rare to see someone in their 50s and 60s ...
Thunder thighs are a sign of robust health – here’s how to keep yours super strong
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The biggest takeaway from the Japanese study is that heart attack patients are 41 per cent less likely to go on to ...
I’m just as bendy at 82
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“We start with ‘centring’,” says Adamson. “Bringing awareness to where you are in that moment in time, which immediately begins to reduce ...
How to start weight training in your 60s
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If you’re 60 plus, now is the time to try weight training. If you’re put off by the obscure terminology and the ...
