What is 'Functional Fitness' ?
A fear of falling often inhibits seniors from doing the one thing that
could most help prevent their susceptibility to falls: EXERCISE
Studies show that for many adults, physical activity declines as they get older. They can reduce the risk of falls in later years by establishing a daily exercise regimen and keeping with it. Simple tasks such as climbing stairs, carrying groceries, reaching for an item on a high shelf, or even just rising from a chair involves the core muscles of the abdomen and back.
A well-balanced exercise program is essential to maintaining an active, full life. This program must have whole body benefits that focuses on Strength, Balance, Endurance, and Flexibility. These are key to staying healthy, maintaining strength and energy, avoiding falls and fractures, and remaining independent well into your later years. To ignore any component of Functional Fitness is to risk compromising your ability to live fully and independently in later years.
Your Second Surge of Youth
And it's never too early or too late to start.
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