by Patsi Krakoff | Apr 9, 2021 | Exercise, Senior Fitness
My perspective on strength training for seniors changes each year. Over the last sixteen years I’ve been a senior I’ve learned something new about exercise and fitness everyday. Admittedly, when I started prioritizing strength training, my motivation was...
by Patsi Krakoff | Nov 1, 2019 | Exercise, Lifestyle, Longevity, Senior Fitness
For seniors, developing strength can be a double-edged sword. While it’s important to build muscle to regain strength lost over the years, there are always health risks involved. Besides the obvious muscle, tendon, and ligament pulls, even more important is heart...
by Patsi Krakoff | Mar 21, 2019 | Exercise, Senior Fitness, Senior Health
In the war on aging, nothing beats strength training. It’s the single most effective way for seniors to create younger-looking bodies by overcoming the loss of muscle (atrophy) and loss of bones (osteoporosis). Lifting and pulling weights builds muscles,...
by Patsi Krakoff | Mar 18, 2019 | Exercise, Senior Fitness, Senior Health
Of all the different exercise routines, the most important for aging seniors is strength training. Seniors should spend at least two or three days a week building muscle by lifting or pulling weights. It not only creates younger-looking bodies but actually improves...
by Robert Krakoff | Jun 27, 2016 | Senior Fitness
Here’s a typical intermediate joint strength and muscle flexibility situation that happens to us all. Alex was fortunate enough to retire at 50 and he immediately took up skiing as his “fun activity”. Alex was a little overweight and somewhat out of shape. But Alex...
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