Exercise

Raise your hand if you get out of bed in the morning and some body part is tight or aching. Likely that’s the case with most agebuzz readers- and not because we’re an unhealthy bunch. It’s because as you get older, your body becomes less flexible- muscles shrink, tendons lose…

How motivated are you to try to slow down your body’s aging? Motivated enough to tie on a pair of running shoes and start training for a marathon? If so, the good news is that new research out of University College London reports that training for a first marathon may…

Take a seat- or maybe not, according to several new research studies. While it’s no secret that exercise is crucial for healthy aging, what you may not realize is that too much sitting can also have serious health consequences. Longtime agebuzz readers may recall last spring’s post “Stand Up: Too…

We’ve now seen sufficient research and information to make it clear: Regular exercise is essential to healthier aging, and even taking up exercise later in life will give you that extra benefit crucial to extending your health span along with your life span. But as recently pointed out in The…

We’ve all been there: embarrassed by a moment of forgetfulness and left wondering if this is the beginning of more permanent memory problems. There’s no doubt that with aging may come disease or brain disturbances that can cause irrevocable memory loss. But it’s also true that several new studies report…

Longtime agebuzz readers already know that walking briskly may have positive health benefits. And now, with the results from a new research study, it seems your excuse for not taking a brisk walk just got flimsier. It turns out,  just one hour of moderate-to-vigorous exercise per week (10 minutes/day) can help…