Staying active after 40 is essential for maintaining physical and strength, improve flexibility, and boost cardiovascular health to stay energetic and resilient.
As we age, we may be more susceptible to illnesses and chronic pain, including heart disease and osteoporosis. Though moving around may be the last thing you want to do when you’re feeling down, inactivity of chronic disease.
Sometimes age becomes a reason people feel they shouldn’t bother working out.
“[People say,] ‘Oh, I shouldn’t lift weights because I’m too old,’” says Dr. Theresa Marko, a doctor of physical therapy, board-certified clinical specialist in orthopedics and owner of
<p>“There are so many factors that go into our age, and chronology is the least of it,” says Jillian Michaels, fitness expert and creator of
