•1) keep jogging :
Jogging is very important for maintaining or improve your heart health and immune system. It is also very useful for reducing insulin resistance, cope with stress and depression, and maintain flexibility as you age. It doesn’t have to be done high intensity or for long period of time, it is enough half an hour 3 times a week.
•2) Improve your grip strength:
You’re only as strong as your grip allows.Research has shown that a powerful grip also correlates to longevity. They say that grip strength can be a good indicator of your overall strength and health.Apparently the stronger your grip, the more likely you are to survive diseases like cancer. For elderly populations grip strength can be an important component of functional tasks like opening jars, carrying groceries or holding onto railings. A very effective exercises to improve your grip strength is hanging on a bar.Start with 30 seconds and see if you can hold it.
•3) Move well,play on the ground:
Don’t be afraid to embrace your inner child. Move like an animal,learn how to break a fall, try a tumble…Just play in a functional way using all forces.
As you get older the risk of falling is very high. Older people have the highest risk of death or serious injury arising from a fall and the risk increases with age.
Ground movement practice is great to improve the chances of saving yourself if you fall or trip. It can be done in many ways: yoga,animal locomotion,grappling drills,contemporary dancing,and I’m sure there is so much more. All of them will help you to improve coordination and overall movement capability,mobility and space awareness.
Just start with a simple bear walk:
•Move forward-Move backwards-Move to the right-Move to the left -Don’t let your knees touch the floor -Keep moving using all those four directions for 30 seconds.
WELL DONE
