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Why Go to the Gym When You Can Work Out in the Park?
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (848+ words) Working out indoors can be uninspiring: the fluorescent lights, the gym playlist running on loop, the same view every day. For a change of scenery, head to your local park for this equipment-free, full-body workout. All you need is a…...
Are You Losing Muscle? Here's How to Get It Back
1+ week, 3+ day ago (396+ words) Muscle strength is crucial for good health, particularly as you get older. But muscle naturally deteriorates with age, and as people in the U. S. live longer, doctors are increasingly aware of issues related to the gradual loss of muscle function, called…...
An 80-year-old woman has an elite VO2 max. She's as healthy as a 60-year-old thanks to a simple routine.
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1293+ words) I have always seen myself as a very ordinary person with no real athletic ability," said Linda Kelly. Still, at 80, she has completed multiple half-marathons and routinely hikes, bikes, and runs around her part-time home in Anchorage, Alaska. Kelly is…...
I'm 87 and work out regularly. I feel as fit as I did 40 years ago.
2+ week, 2+ day ago (566+ words) This interview is based on a conversation with Peter Brenner, 87, a retired senior food service manager from Westchester, New York. It has been edited for length and clarity. I had to depend on myself very young in life. I was…...
After decades of swearing by workout classes, I switched to weightlifting. I never expected to be so impressed by the results.
2+ week, 3+ day ago (692+ words) For as long as I can remember, I've been a workout-class enthusiast. When I was 17, I followed my mom to Jazzercise classes, and at 30, I was in boot-camp classes trying to figure out how anyone "bounces back" after pregnancy. I…...
They're old enough to be my grandparents " and in better shape than people half their age
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (551+ words) I'm 29 this year, and as the big 3-0 looms, I find myself thinking more deliberately about getting older " about the new wrinkle I recently noticed on my face, whether I'm getting enough steps and sleep, and how all of it might…...
Can't do a pull-up? This Marine colonel told us how to get your first rep
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (1046+ words) At a petite 4 feet, 10 inches, Misty Posey couldn't rely on her height to clear the Marine Corps obstacle course as a prospective young recruit. Instead, she learned to pull her entire body over it, eventually developing a pull-up program now…...
This Muscle Is the Unsung Hero of Longevity
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (732+ words) America has had a long obsession with gluteus muscles. From the "Buns of Steel" workout in the late 1980s to Connor Storrie in "Heated Rivalry," our culture has spent decades fixated on firm and prominent backsides. "Glutes are so important" for…...
At 86, I still travel " and I do headstands with my wife every day to stay mobile
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (563+ words) This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Peng Lin Hua, an 86-year-old retiree in Singapore. It has been translated from Mandarin and edited for length and clarity. Before I retired, I taught physics at a secondary school in…...
I adopted a new fitness strategy in my 40s that's helped me run half-marathons, hold handstands, and do pull-ups as I age
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (662+ words) At 61, I did my first unassisted pull-up " something I considered impossible just nine months prior. It was the goal I'd challenged myself to achieve in my 60s, following a pattern I'd established in the two previous decades. In my 40s, I wanted…...