Title: 5 Key Strength Training Tips for Older Adults - Aaptiv
Headings: 5 Key Strength Training Tips for Older Adults
5 Key Strength Training Tips for Older Adults
Strength train at least twice a week.
Be kind to your joints.
Start with bodyweight exercises.
These exercises can help improve everyday life.
Add balance and flexibility exercises to avoid injury.
Plan for extra warmup and recovery time.
Set a goal that matters to you now, versus the “you” from 20 years ago.

Content: Adopt an exercise approach that tackles a little bit of everything. Snyder says to focus on full-body, multidirectional movements rather than isolating a certain muscle group. If you work to improve mobility and flexibility, you’ll experience better strength gains over time. Balance also decreases over time, which Dr. Marcus says leads to an increase in falls and potentially dangerous injuries. That’s why personal trainer Jeff Warley targets range-of-motion exercises that include balance moves for the older adults he trains at 50Grand Health and Fitness. His favorite is the single-leg balance reach. It exercises the joints and addresses potential muscle imbalances. Bring one knee up, raising your foot off the ground to the height of your adjacent leg’s ankle
Slightly bend the knee of your supporting leg
Slowly extend the raised leg, reaching outward with your foot
Bring your raised leg back into the original poses
Repeat for several reps, and then switch legs
Aaptiv has balance and flexibility workouts. Try our yoga routines in app today! Plan for extra warmup and recovery time.