| Speaking as a charter member of the "I Hate To | | | | active during your senior years. |
| Exercise Society" and a recent inductee in to the | | | | 4. Endurance Exercises: This is the hard one . . . |
| "Senior Citizen's Society" one realizes there are | | | | walking, jogging, swimming, biking, or even raking |
| lessons to be learned late in life. | | | | leaves, any activity that increases your heart rate |
| For example, one learns there is a major | | | | and breathing for an extended period of time. |
| difference between enjoying exercise and needing | | | | Wore me out just writing these things down! |
| exercise. It has become obvious that exercise is | | | | Then I found it - the perfect exercise for us |
| necessary for us as senior citizens. So began the | | | | Seniors (oops, sorry, older adults). |
| study of exercises for seniors for he most | | | | Whole Body Vibration Exercise came into my life. |
| important reason of all . . . necessity. | | | | Whole body vibration exercise provides a |
| It seems to maintain the good health I had | | | | resistance exercise workout that is proven to be |
| always taken for granted, I should give up my | | | | effective in 10-minute sessions. |
| membership in the "I Hate To Exercise Society". | | | | Whole body vibration has been researched for |
| One of the rules states that anyone seen | | | | more than 100 years and has been proven to |
| participating in exercise would have their | | | | have the following benefits: |
| membership terminated. So what did I have to | | | | - Increases muscle strength, flexibility, and range |
| lose. | | | | of motion |
| The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recommend | | | | - Enhances balance, coordination |
| four types of exercises for older adults (I assume | | | | - Improves circulation and increases blood |
| that older adults is the politically correct term for | | | | oxygenation |
| Senior Citizens): | | | | - Improves muscle strength and tone |
| | | | - Accelerated weight loss |
| 1. Strength Exercises - I can just see me lifting | | | | - Increases bone strength and density |
| weights! They claim strength exercises will build | | | | - Produces the effects of 80 different exercises |
| your muscles and increase your metabolism, | | | | by minor adjustments in posture and body |
| which helps to keep your weight and blood sugar | | | | positioning. |
| in check. | | | | - Works all the important muscle groups of the |
| 2. Balance Exercises: It seems we fall down a lot | | | | body |
| and don't bounce like we once did. As a a senior, | | | | - and more, and more, etc. |
| balance exercises can help you stay independent | | | | Just think - only 10 minutes a day! (Even helps out |
| by helping you avoid the disabilities that could | | | | you younger adults too). |
| result from falling. U.S. hospitals have 300,000 | | | | The whole body vibration machine we used is the |
| admissions for broken hips each year, many of | | | | VibraTrim. With 5 different people, needing 5 |
| them seniors, and falling is often the cause of | | | | different problems solved - it work exactly as |
| those fractures. | | | | promised. Some lost inches, some lost weight, |
| 3. Stretching Exercises: Even thinking about | | | | others have improved balance and muscle tone. |
| exercise is quite a stretch for me. However, | | | | So for us seniors (older adults) this could be |
| stretching exercise can give you more freedom | | | | exactly what is needed. |
| of movement, which will allow you to be more | | | | Alright, you kids can use it too. |