Strength training for seniors helps boost stability, mobility, and confidence by targeting major muscles to support safety with everyday activities.

For seniors aiming to stay active, improve mobility, or gently build strength, resistance bands are one of the most effective and low-impact tools available. Unlike heavy weights, they provide a safer ...

Older adults have many exercise options that are great for building fitness but easy on the joints. “Low impact” does not mean low quality. The exercises in this article can be great ways to build or ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one in a series looking at individual and community efforts to give area senior citizens options for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Regular exercise can help senior citizens ...

After 60, building muscle should be high on your priority list—and for good reason. Once you hit 30, you lose anywhere from 3% to 8% of your muscle every 10 years. If you don’t step up your exercise ...

You might think that if you’re in your 50s or 60s and have never been to a gym before, now is not the time to dive into the weights room, but you could not be more wrong. In fact, not only is it the ...

WHAT AND WHY Exercises that require balance, agility, core strength, muscle coordination and movement through space -- a sharp contrast to the locked-in, single-plane moves of weight machines. For ...

Discover six simple at-home exercises that help seniors maintain strength, protect joints, and make daily tasks easier.

Maintaining healthy shoulders is important for staying independent in older age. These strength and mobility exercises can keep the arms moving well. It’s hard to overstate the importance of the ...