Human understanding of physical movement is reaching a new level of maturity. Science is helping us understand what techniques produce healthy results in the shortest amount of time.
Professional coaches and exercise kinesiologists are also contributing to the field with their practical, hands-on experience working with athletes. This section of Over Fifty and Fit reveals evidence-based fitness techniques that improve strength, symmetry, posture, agility, balance, mobility, and appearance.
Try these 16 exercises using wrist and ankle weights to develop strength, shape, and definition in your thighs and abdominals. Ankle weights can be a highly effective and fun weapon in your fitness arsenal. Use ankle weights to fight – and win – the war on weak, … [Read more...] about Use Ankle Weights to Sculpt Your Physique
The longevity lifestyle makes it possible for people to improve their health and fitness – even after age 50. The longevity lifestyle is a way of daily living that stacks small, positive habits. These small habits might not accomplish much individually, but when … [Read more...] about How to Improve Health and Fitness After Age 50
Try this fitness circuit to pack your thighs with power and strength – with exercises that sculpt, firm, and define your quads, hamstrings, adductors, abductors, buttocks, and calves. Don't skip Leg Day! There are some common mistakes that people make when trying to … [Read more...] about Leg Day: A Lower-Body, Functional-Training Workout
Mobility maneuvers help keep your joints supple so that you walk better, have better posture, and reduce risk of injury. Improving flexibility is an important part of your successful-aging strategy. How do your joints and spine feel upon rising in the morning … [Read more...] about 11 Mobility Maneuvers to Help Keep Your Joints Supple
The Longevity Lifestyle is a Way for You to Live Younger, Longer. The longevity lifestyle is a collection of daily habits that helps the second half of your lifespan become happier and more active. The conventional model of modern health is to wait until … [Read more...] about 4 Ways to Begin Living the Longevity Lifestyle Immediately
You can have better arms! You will build lean strength in your biceps and triceps if you exercise them strategically. Below is a complete arm workout comprised of 17 exercises that can be completed in under an hour. Do this unique workout once each week and you … [Read more...] about Better Arms: 17 Exercises to Build Lean Strength in Your Biceps and Triceps
Confidence is exponential. The more confidence you have, the more good things seem to happen to you which – in turn – develops even more confidence. A man who possesses robust health has a particular presence that people respond to positively. There's … [Read more...] about 4 Self-Care Practices Smart Men Use to Build Confidence
How developed are your chest muscles? The downside to having weak pectorals – for both women and men – is that the chest area of the human body is particularly prone to the ravages of gravity, and without strong chest muscles the area can start to look droopy. Below is … [Read more...] about Chest Workout: 11 Resistance-Training Movements to Develop Your Pectoral Muscles
A 15-exercise, calorie-burning workout to sculpt your major muscle groups and firm your core – perfect for women and men of all fitness levels. The body-weight suspension-training movement has achieved significant popularity in the last ten years. Today, almost … [Read more...] about TRX Suspension Training Body-Weight Exercises You Can Do Outside to Get Fit
The Battle Rope is a simple piece of fitness equipment that can help you accomplish great things. Use the battle rope strategically and you can create a body that is lean, powerful, and well-shaped. Athletes typically add one or two battle rope exercises to their … [Read more...] about 16 Battle Rope Exercises for a Lean, Powerful Body
