Active Aging
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Strength Training for All Ages
Boost your balance, power, and coordination — at any age — with this full-body strength-training workout.
Inside Olga Kotelko’s Brain
New research offers the first glimpse at the effects of regular physical activity on a nonagenarian’s brain.
The Forever Athlete
What 95-year-old track star Olga Kotelko can teach us about living and aging well.
How Exercise Keeps the Skin Young
New research shows that exercise cannot only prevent, but also reverse, signs of aging in the skin.
Bill Does Yoga
Want to be fit and flexible at all stages of your life? Practice yoga.
Exercise and the Aging Brain
New research shows the importance of physical activity for brain health.
How Just 20 Minutes of Exercise Sparks Positive Changes in Your DNA
The genetic benefits of exercise happen far quicker than you think.
Milestone Adventures
Honor the significant accomplishments in your life with a vacation to remember.
Body-Weight Training for Beginners
New to the fitness scene, or a stranger to the gym for a while now? Try this body-weight circuit workout, and prepare to build strength, confidence and coordination — fast.
Jog Your Memory, or Walk It
A new study show that physical exercise increases memory.
Fitter Than You: Seven 50-plus Athletes Who Can Kick Your Butt
The passing of a few measly decades needn’t bring one’s fitness pursuits to an untimely end. Indeed, for these three athletes, getting older means getting better.
How to Exercise With Knee and Hip Pain
Pain in your hips or knee joints may cause you to shy away from exercise, but there are ways to work around (or through) the condition – without sacrificing your fitness.
Unlock Your Fitness Potential as a Master’s Athlete
Wine and cheese aren’t the only things that get better with age. Thanks to masters divisions in many sports, older athletes are finding fun new ways to get fit.
Ageless Vitality
With age comes wisdom. And if you make wise choices, it can also come with robust health and fitness, great energy, and a generous dose of satisfaction. Discover the variables that play the biggest role in determining your vitality for a lifetime — and why it pays to start focusing on them now .
How Swimming Supports Healthy Aging and Longevity
Forget splashing around in fountains of youth. If what you want is a lifetime of health, fitness and vitality, you’re better off swimming laps.
Fitness Redefined: Health and Vitality After 50
A generation of convention busters and iconoclasts, baby boomers are reshaping expectations when it comes to their personal health and fitness, too.
How to Merge Passion and Fitness for Lifelong Well-Being
Are you using your body for real — or going through the motions of working out with no practical purpose? Maybe it’s time you integrated your fitness pursuits with what you love and who you are.