Perform Senior Balance Exercises With Others

Fitness Routines And Senior Balance Exercises

By Suzanne Stoke, Physical Therapist @ Exercise For Balance via www.exerciseforbalance.com

   To maximize fitness programs including endurance, strengthening and senior balance exercises, researchers are finding that working out with your spouses or others is most effective. Please see   http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now Medical researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health  presented at the American Heart Association's EPI/Lifestyle 2015 Scientific Sessions in Baltimore a study that shows that when one spouse engages in an exercise program, the other seems to follow, with positive results for both. For most married couples this new research is probably not a surprise. It concludes that if one spouse improves or initiates his or her exercise program, the other spouse is significantly more likely to do the same. The researchers conclude that a better approach to helping people boost their physical activity to improve health might be to counsel married couples to exercise together instead of individually. Laura Cobb, a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health reported that "When it comes to physical fitness, the best peer pressure to get moving could be coming from the person who sits across from you at the breakfast table."  Furthermore, "There's an epidemic of people in this country who don't get enough exercise and we should harness the power of the couple to ensure people are getting a healthy amount of physical activity." The American Heart Association recommends that adults should exercise at a moderate intensity for a minimum of 150 minutes per week or at a vigorous intensity for at least 75 minutes per week. Forty-five percent of husbands and 33 percent of wives in the study group met these recommendations at the first visit. They found that when a wife met recommended levels of exercise at the first visit, her husband was 70 percent more likely to meet those levels at subsequent visits than those whose wives were less physically active. When a husband met recommended exercise levels, his wife was 40 percent more likely to meet the levels at follow-up visits. Additionally, medical professionals like doctors, nurses and physical therapists recommend that older individuals begin a simple senior balance exercise program first to develop necessary stability before embarking on a more rigorous fitness regime.

Practice Senior Balance Exercises Together

   Researchers have found the synergistic effect of partaking in  senior balance exercises and fitness activities with others. Working out with others, whether it is a spouse, other family member or friend, can be fun, a wonderful social outlet and provide enormous motivation to reach fitness goals like improved stability, better cardiovascular health, enhanced muscle mass and weight loss. Now there is a professionally filmed Exercise For Balance DVD that can be done together to build adequate steadiness before hitting a walking path, gym or park. The DVD was developed by an experienced Physical therapist who will direct you through appropriate equilibrium exercises and strengthening routines that will prepare you for a fitness program.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

     To embark on a program of the best balance exercises and strengthening exercises, please begin with the Exercise For Balance DVD. The healthcare provider recommended Exercise For Balance DVD is an excellent educational DVD to use at home or in a group setting. The easy to follow Exercise For Balance DVD is filled with  a step by step series of top notch balance and strength exercises needed to maximize senior fitness and to perform basic activities like shopping, walking, standing, cleaning house, stair climbing or to advance to high level activities like skiing, dancing, bocce ball and hiking. In the  comprehensive Exercise For Balance DVD, you will learn how to improve stability, steadiness techniques and balance routines from a balance instructor --- licensed Physical Therapist)---who has worked with balance and dizziness disorders for over 25 years. Get your copy of the Exercise For Balance DVD by clicking on the BUY NOW button

Join together and start balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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