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“This 25-minute routine will build your confidence and independence”—a trainer who specializes in working with seniors shares her signature balance workout

“This 25-minute routine will build your confidence and independence”—a trainer who specializes in working with seniors shares her signature balance workout

Since 2012, certified personal trainer Karen Nelson has refined a routine for her senior clients at Sun Health Grandview Terrace in Arizona to restore balance. The nonprofit organization, founded in 1966, is dedicated to empowering people to live longer, healthier and more purposeful lives. For Nelson, that starts by inspiring its residents to have fun while exercising, learn proper movement techniques, and instill healthy habits for mind, body and spirit. Latest Videos From Which, she explains, can all be acquired by committing to a 25-minute full-body workout, three times per week. “I call this class Balance,” Nelson tells Fit&Well. “It’s a basic name,” she admits, “to ensure there’s no confusion and no excuse not to come.” You may like The routine is built around exercises that help reduce risk of falls, while developing strength to avoid injuries caused by imbalance or lack of coordination. “We use a chair for extra stability and bands for muscle toning,” she says, listing benefits including “improved cognitive function, coordination, posture, stability, strength, joint health, reaction times and reflexes”. Start …

This beginner 25-minute cardio workout will boost longevity in just eight weeks, says a trainer who specializes in working with older adults

This beginner 25-minute cardio workout will boost longevity in just eight weeks, says a trainer who specializes in working with older adults

Forget your age, your weight, even your step count. There is one metric above all others, according to ISSA-certified personal trainer Connor Darnbrough, that determines how well you are likely to age. “Your VO2 max, the maximum amount of oxygen your body can use during exercise, is the single strongest predictor of longevity,” he tells Fit&Well. Latest Videos From It’s more important, he says, than blood pressure, cholesterol and body mass index (BMI). VO2 max is considered one of the most accurate ways of measuring cardiovascular fitness—indicating how efficiently your heart, lungs, and muscles can convert oxygen into energy. You may like One major 2018 study found participants with the highest—or elite—cardiorespiratory fitness had around five times lower mortality risk than those in the lowest fitness group. Yet even moving from low fitness to average or above average was associated with a significant reduction in risk. Start your week with achievable workout ideas, health tips and wellbeing advice in your inbox. “The good news is that VO2 max is highly trainable at any age, including …

Jennifer Aniston’s 25-minute bodyweight workout for building stronger deep core muscles

Jennifer Aniston’s 25-minute bodyweight workout for building stronger deep core muscles

Get the Well Enough newsletter with Harry Bullmore for tips on living a healthier, happier and longer life Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore At 57 years old, Jennifer Aniston is in enviable shape. Strength training is a “non-negotiable” part of her routine, but don’t expect to see her with a barbell in hand any time soon. Instead, in 2023, she adopted a novel low-impact training system called Pvolve – a training method found by an Exeter University study to be “effective at improving strength and balance in women during and post-menopause”. “Pvolve is a functional fitness method that moves your body in ways you move in everyday life – forward, sideways and rotationally,” her trainer and Pvolve vice president of training Dani Coleman explains. “We do that with unique resistance equipment [designed] to build overall stability, mobility and strength.” This specialist equipment is needed to do some of the exercises in Pvolve workouts, but many of Aniston’s favourite moves require just your bodyweight. Below, …