Active Aging
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How to Fall Better
Falling is inevitable, but you can minimize injury by with these tips, moves, and exercises.
10 Ideas for Getting Older Family Members Active With You
Here are some easy ideas to include Grandma and Grandpa — or any elderly loved ones — in physical activities.
The Grip-Strength Workout
Build head-to-toe strength — and invest in your longevity — with this grip-focused workout.
6 Beginner Moves Using Vibration Plate Training
A Life Time Dynamic Personal Trainer explains the benefits of the Power Plate — and demonstrates how to use the machine.
PUMPING IRONY: The Beginning of the End?
Reading Gail Godwin’s sober meditation on aging and death so soon after my recent ER visit leaves me grasping for a sense of optimism.
3 Fitness Tests That Can Offer Insights About Your Potential Longevity
The ability to perform these simple tests can be predicative of overall health.
3 Ways to Walk for Healthy Aging
Walking offers many health benefits — here’s how to add more of it to your weekly routine.
Just Keep Moving: 5 Tips for Easing Back Into Fitness After Surgery
An ARORA-certified Dynamic Personal Trainer offers recommendations for safely returning to exercise.
ARORA Founder Favorites: 6 Activities to Try
The creators of this expanding healthy-aging program at Life Time share their favorite ARORA activities to participate in at the club.
5 Life Time Experts Share Their Healthy-Living Goals
Plus, the daily habits they prioritize to ensure they achieve them.
ONE HEALTHY HABIT: Sit on the Floor Daily
Support your health, mobility, and longevity by regularly getting down on the ground and then rising from it.
5 Healthy-Aging Benefits of Barre
The creator of ARORA Barre on the advantages of this exercise format for active older adults.
How Can I Improve My Balance?
Try simple activities — like standing on one foot while brushing your teeth — to incorporate balance into your daily routine.
PUMPING IRONY: On Aging, Attitude, and Activity
Dreading the idea of growing old? A new study suggests such a view may keep you from engaging in the physical activity necessary to age gracefully.
Life Time in the News: “New Hope Gym Helps 71-Year-Old Set Weightlifting Records”
How one Life Time member’s training efforts are helping her increase her strength to a competitive level.
All About the ARORA Intro to Healthy Living Program
Everything you need to know about this digital fitness program that features six weeks of workouts and educational content.
5 Ways to Improve Your Posture and Balance
A Dynamic Personal Trainer offers tips for working on your posture and balance so you can reduce the risk of falling.
Life Time in the News: “Woman, 104, Who Swims Laps Every Day Shares Simple Tips for Long Life”
The oldest Life Time member in North America shares the insights she’s garnered about longevity.
4 Strength-Training Tips for Active Older Adults
An ARORA-certified trainer offers advice for starting or maintaining an effective resistance-training routine, along with guidance for balancing it with low-impact cardio efforts.
Do You Have Knee Osteoarthritis? Walking May Help.
Walking may decrease knee pain among those with osteoarthritis — and it may even prevent additional joint damage, according to a recent study.
Can Exercise Mitigate the Effects of Parkinson’s?
Bouts of high-intensity exercise may ease the effects of this common neurodegenerative disease, according to a recent study.