I implore everyone over 60 to do all you can to improve your strengh and balance.

[Moonglow]

Helping an elderly neighbor living alone has been a sobering experience. To see someone lying face down on her garage floor unable to move is awful to see. So unless you want to be that person I implore you to begin strength and balance exercises. They are simple to do and you start easy as can be but if you are in your 60s or older you must do this for your own sake. Once you lose your strength and balance, the clock starts counting down to your date with a garage floor.

You don't understand what deteriorating facilities means.

 

[Woodznutz]

Last time my wife put her toe in the ocean, NOAA declared a tsunami warning for the rest of the world.

"What are you going to do after work?"
"I'm going to go home and get into the tub."
"Then what?"
"I'll probably take a bath."

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

"What are you going to do after work?"
"I'm going to go home and get into the tub."
"Then what?"
"I'll probably take a bath."

If my wife wants to take a bath, i have to grease the pool first, so she can squeeze into it.

 

[MarathonMike]

You don't understand what deteriorating facilities means.

I don't understand why you troll a thread like this.

 

[sparky]

4 decades in the trades have taken it's toll......~S~

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

4 decades in the trades have taken it's toll......~S~

 

[Moonglow]

I don't understand why you troll a thread like this.

Trolling your inexperience

 

[initforme]

Heavy squats.....work entire body.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Heavy squats.....work entire body.

terrible for the knees. If you want to work the entire body try swimming, it even works the lungs which squats does not

 

[sparky]

~S~

 

[Unkotare]

Conservative John Silber

Dr. Silber added: ''I want to remind the voters of Massachusetts that Shakespeare was right when he said 'Ripeness is all.' When you've had a long life and you're ripe, then it's time to go.'' The citation was from ''King Lear.''

Silber was a brilliant man, but a crotchety old dude. AND, he would have had a hard time getting himself up from a fall.

 

[Dante]

Silber was a brilliant man, but a crotchety old dude. AND, he would have had a hard time getting himself up from a fall.

I mocked him and people I worked with shivered in fright. I was not scared of him. In all fairness his office treated me well personally when an issue arose.

 

[initforme]

terrible for the knees. If you want to work the entire body try swimming, it even works the lungs which squats does not

That's false. Squats strengthen knees.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

That's false. Squats strengthen knees.

Not heavy squats.

are you ever not wrong about anything?

 

[initforme]

Heavy as obe can go.

 

[odanny]

Helping an elderly neighbor living alone has been a sobering experience. To see someone lying face down on her garage floor unable to move is awful to see. So unless you want to be that person I implore you to begin strength and balance exercises. They are simple to do and you start easy as can be but if you are in your 60s or older you must do this for your own sake. Once you lose your strength and balance, the clock starts counting down to your date with a garage floor.

Absolutely!

Dumbbells cost about a dollar a pound, I have a 25 lb set and a 35 lb set, and I bought an adjustable bench for $70 on eBay, that’s all you need! Don’t let your muscles waste away, you’ll fall apart if you do.

 

[initforme]

There are 60 year old squatting over 500 lbs...that would be the ticket

 

[DGS49]

I have worked out vigorously 3-5 times per week for my entire adult life (I'm 74).

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned Tai Chi in this thread. The essence of Tai Chi is balance. It is low stress, moderate effort, and doesn't take long to do. It is the OPPOSITE of exercise; rather than feeling weary after Tai Chi, you feel invigorated. Hundreds of millions of Chinese know the benefits and practice it.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Absolutely!

Dumbbells cost about a dollar a pound, I have a 25 lb set and a 35 lb set, and I bought an adjustable bench for $70 on eBay, that’s all you need! Don’t let your muscles waste away, you’ll fall apart if you do.

I have to admit I struggle with the whole "home gym" thing, i never end up using what I buy for the house. We have a Planet Fitness membership and I try to go to it at least 2 to 3 times a week for weight machines and then do cardio on my own the other days.

 

[Unkotare]

I have worked out vigorously 3-5 times per week for my entire adult life (I'm 74).

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned Tai Chi in this thread. The essence of Tai Chi is balance. It is low stress, moderate effort, and doesn't take long to do. It is the OPPOSITE of exercise; rather than feeling weary after Tai Chi, you feel invigorated. ....

That's how you feel after other exercise as well.