It’s never too late for an exercise

A lot of studies show that doing exercise pays healthy dividends, even if you start  later in life. Researchers found that when older adults increased their leisure time activity even if they were not active as teenagers their risk of dying from cancer, heart disease and some other causes declined as compared to older adults who were not regularly active.

According to the study it tried to look at exercise people do outside of work duties or even the usual everyday tasks. For example, walking from the parking garage to your office doesn’t count as a leisure time activity but taking a walk around the building does.

The research found out that those who maintained the highest amount of leisure time physical activity in every age group were at a lower risk of dying of cancer, heart disease and any cause compared with the least active people. Those who were less active throughout their adult life but who increased leisure time physical activity during the age bracket of 40 to 60 also had a lower risk of dying of cancer.

The research concludes that adults who are active should try to stay active and those who are not should try to become more active, no matter how old they are.

Examples of moderate intensity activities include dancing, yoga, brisk walking, golfing, leisurely bicycling and garden maintenance. Vigorous intensity activities include jogging, running, swimming, aerobic dance and soccer.

At Faraja Cancer Care experts offer and recommend several types of exercise for younger and older adults.

§  Endurance exercises such as dancing which improves the health of your heart, lungs and circulatory system, in which by doing this exercise can make it easier for the patients to do things like climb stairs and mow the lawn.

§  Balance exercises which helps to make you more stable and prevent falls

§  Stretching or flexibility exercises such as yoga poses can give the patients more freedom of movement for bending to tie their shoes or looking over their shoulders as they back out of the driveway.

§  Mindful exercises which involve bringing attention to the present moment through connecting with the breath, body and physical surroundings in order to still the mind learn to enjoy the present moment and reduce stress and increase happiness.