Tips On Choosing The Right Low-Impact Exercise Routines To Keep Senior Adults Fit This Winter
In order to keep your loved ones fit and healthy through the winter months, it is essential to make sure that their exercise routine is manageable and sufficient enough to maintain their health until they can get back outside in the warmer weather. Below are tips to keep in mind when choosing these exercises.
1. Indoors and Convenient
In order to make sure that the routine is effective and convenient for your senior loved ones, choose exercise routines that can be done indoors where it is warm and their health will not be compromised. Michigan winters in Ann Arbor and neighboring locations can get frigid and attempting to exercise in this weather can do more harm than good. Low-impact exercise routines must be easily done in the living area or a bedroom that is easily accessible.
2. Working All Major Areas
Choosing low-impact exercises should be a balanced list of exercises that will involve all major areas of the body. While there can be a handful of cardio in the mix, there should also be exercises that will work the upper body, lower body, and core for well-rounded fitness. Being able to have a well-rounded list will improve and maintain overall fitness for loved ones through the winter months.
3. Gradual Increase
When building a list of low-impact exercises, it is essential that your family members start slow with a few reps at a time, and build up to doing more each week. What they do not want to do is attempt to start out with too much and get burned out with the exercises. This will keep them from enjoying themselves and wanting to participate in the activity. As they build up their stamina and their energy, they will be more motivated to keep going.
4. Fun
The best way to keep loved ones engaged in low-impact exercises is to make them fun and enjoyable. If they are having a great time keeping up with the exercises then they will be more inclined to do them regularly. Some of the best ways to make it enjoyable are to participate with them, make it a competition, and make utilize charts. Charts are also great means to show progress.
5. Keep Them Accountable
It doesn't matter who is working out, having an accountability partner is proven to keep a person active and more willing to adhere to their exercise goals. A study in 2016 by the University of Aberdeen determined that over 50 percent of individuals who had an accountability partner lasted longer in their exercise goals and were more motivated to work out regularly.
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