Pickleball raises the heart rate into a moderate to vigorous range for players around 62, and falls are the leading cause of injuries older players take to the emergency room. Early studies, the injuries to expect and a first-month plan follow.
A seated yoga routine you can follow without getting down to the floor, with a plain description of each of nine poses and what studies in older adults found.
Eight leg exercises for older adults, from the easiest to the hardest, with the sets and reps from the National Institute on Aging and the University of Illinois Extension, and the cues for moving up.
A Cochrane review of 13 trials linked aquatic exercise to small, short-term gains in pain, disability and quality of life for people with knee or hip osteoarthritis. The eight pool moves come from a University of Washington list and are done standing.
Eight band moves that cover the whole body, five seated and three standing beside a chair, with steps, a beginner plan of 8 to 12 reps, and a wear check.
The CDC asks older adults for muscle-strengthening activity at least 2 days a week. Muscle loss around menopause, a first two-day routine built from body-weight moves, and a gradual way to add weight and sets follow.
SilverSneakers is free only if your health plan includes it. Here is how to tell whether yours does, what the program offers, and what to do if it does not.
A large review of exercise trials links tai chi to about 20 percent fewer people falling. Here is what a class asks of your body, how to find one, and three moves to try.
The 30-second chair stand test takes one kitchen chair and half a minute. Here is how to do it safely at home, the CDC's scores by age, and how to raise yours.
Exercises for stronger bones matter most after 50, when bone density quietly declines. Here is which movements actually build bone and which do not.