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How Exercise Helps Keep Seniors Healthy

Most of us have read about the benefits of exercise and know it keeps us fit and helps us lose weight. That is not to say everyone does what they know is good for them. Seniors especially may give up on doing exercise simply because they cannot keep up and kind of exercise they did when they were young. Besides, if you have arthritis or some other debilitating condition it is often very difficult physically to exercise.

However, seniors can certainly benefit from doing a certain amount of exercise.

- It helps to keep the heart healthy
- It lowers blood pressure
- Gets the stiffness out of your limbs

December 3, 2017Health & Fitness, LifestyleBy Slinky Life

Balancing Your Life for Optimum Health

In this day and age when most people are frantically rushing to and from work, it is important to stop and take stock of what you are doing with your life and your body. If life is all work or chores at home like doing the gardening or attending to carpet cleaning – and no play, then you are likely to suffer burnout, get sick more often, feel unable to cope and generally not enjoy life any more. Your relationships will suffer if you spend all your time on work. Spouses and children deserve and need your input into their lives, otherwise they will grow away from you – and when the rubber hits the road, work is a poor substitute for family.

So how do you balance your life for optimum health? Remember that optimum health is not only physical health, but mental health and emotional health as well. When you work too hard and for long hours your body is under a great deal of stress, both physically and mentally – and often emotionally as well.

April 20, 2013Health & Fitness, LifestyleBy Slinky Life

Why Young Mums Become Unfit – and What To Do About It

Young mothers are in that age group where they should still be physically fit, but many are not. Why? It often starts with the pregnancy, especially if they get morning sickness. You certainly won’t feel like jogging around the block when you are likely to throw up at every corner. Then, as the babe becomes heavier, so you certainly find it difficult to exercise.

After your little one is born, you will very likely be sleep deprived for some months, so again exercising is the least important things on your to-do list. After baby starts to sleep well through the night and still naps of a day, any spare time you have is usually spent in doing all those things you can’t do when they are awake so again, exercise is neglected.

February 4, 2013Health & Fitness, LifestyleBy Slinky Life