Fitness Mantra , Keeping Fit at all Ages,
Keeping Fit at all Ages: How to maintain your independence, increase your quality of life, and age gracefully by getting your body to function the way you want it to. Think of your body like a house: it’s only as good as it’s foundation. If the foundation starts to deteriorate, the whole structure becomes unreliable. Your lower body is that foundation. It’s the base of support for all your daily movements from walking and sitting to climbing stairs, gardening, and playing with the grandkids. It can be shaky and unstable or strong and secure—it all depends on how you look after it. How Gentle Lower Body Strengthening helps improve all aspects of daily living: 1. Building Strength & Endurance Strength training activates our muscle fibers which cause them to grow. By increasing our lower body muscles, we have more strengt...