As we get older, maintaining bone health becomes a top priority. Having healthy bones reduces our risk for osteoporosis and also helps us to stay active because bones provide a structure for our muscles and tendons. Having healthy bones also reduces the risk of them breaking or fracturing them if we fall. And importantly, our … Continue reading “Staying active in older age: Week 6 – Keeping our bones healthy during lockdown”
Staying active in older age: Week 5 – Is it getting easier? Then you’re getting fitter!
Hello and welcome back to the REACT blog. If you have been following the exercise routine described in the first few weeks of the blog you should be starting to see some improvements in your fitness and strength by now. So do think about increasing the intensity of the exercises you are doing and the … Continue reading “Staying active in older age: Week 5 – Is it getting easier? Then you’re getting fitter!”
Staying active in older age: Week 4 – Let’s talk about food: busting myths about COVID-19 and nutrition
Welcome back! We hope you are well, safe, and continuing to fit exercising into your daily routine. This week’s blog focuses on food. In particular, we want to bust some of the myths and misinformation you might be seeing about food and nutrition and how it can prevent or treat COVID-19. In order to present … Continue reading “Staying active in older age: Week 4 – Let’s talk about food: busting myths about COVID-19 and nutrition”
Staying active in older age: Week 3 – Let’s keep moving!
Welcome back! We hope you have had a good week and have managed to start fitting some home exercising into your daily routine. The exercises described in Week 2 focused on your lower body strength and improving balance. In week 3 we suggest you continue to include these in your exercise routine but add in … Continue reading “Staying active in older age: Week 3 – Let’s keep moving!”
Staying active in older age: Week 2 – Let’s get moving!
Welcome to week 2! Before we start any exercising, we want to be sure that everyone stays safe. This is our advice and please think about it every time you start to exercise. If you haven’t done much physical activity for a while, begin at a low intensity to make sure you don’t injure or … Continue reading “Staying active in older age: Week 2 – Let’s get moving!”
Staying active in older age: Week 1 – Adjusting to new realities
Practical exercise tips for people aged 60 and over on staying active, even in isolation, from researchers at the Universities of Birmingham and Bath. Hello and welcome to this new blog from the REtirement in ACTion (REACT) study team. Our research is all about older people and physical activity, and we want to use this … Continue reading “Staying active in older age: Week 1 – Adjusting to new realities”