Exercise

Having a passion in life is often the fuel that keeps you going. For 72 year old Wally Hesseltine, his passion is ultra marathon running- and it definitely keeps him going. Having recently completed the Western States 100 mile run, the most prestigious race of its kind, Hesseltine lives by…

The arrival of Labor Day usually means the season’s last swim in the ocean or lap in the pool. But for seniors, the benefits from swimming are too significant to confine the activity to just a few months a year. Research has demonstrated swimming provides seniors with better cardiac and…

After 70 years of engaging in yoga, she probably knows a thing or two. In fact, Tao Porchon-Lynch, currently age 98, still shares her love and knowledge of yoga as the world’s oldest yoga instructor, according to the Guinness Book of Records. With her sold out classes in Westchester County,…

It’s been estimated that on average, older hospital patients spend a mere 43 minutes a day out of bed and walking around. The gist? They spend the overwhelming majority of their hospital stay sedentary in bed, which is not healthy and can lead to collateral damage beyond whatever brought them…

It’s Olympics time right now, and incredibly fit and chiseled young athletes are all over the TV. But these millennial athletes are not the only ones competing to win. The CBS Sunday Morning show recently featured several athletes over the age of 90 who are still active athletic competitors and…

There’s no getting around it: Between sitting at the computer, watching TV or just our sedentary ways, physical inactivity has created an enormous public health problem worldwide. To combat this ever worsening trend, researchers have been trying to figure out what’s the minimum threshold of activity needed to reduce or…