excersise for a 70 year old

How new? If very new, or even just sorta new, I'd start by asking the doctor that installed the new knees.

Swimming....

All the knee & hip replacement rehabs hit the pool in our area for aquafit classes with a physio. Even athletes and racehorses use it for training - you can tailor it to the intensity and range you need. Its much easier on the joints to do resistance training in the water.

My hubby is almost 70 and has 2 knee replacements and finds he can happily hike 3-6 miles, swimming is good and he was told by his surgeon that cycling is good too unfortunately his right knee won't bend enough to cycle.

I'm 71, had a hip replacement, about 4 years back, need to do the other one, I exercise walking for 2 days, I can only do a mile a day. I have to rest the next day because I hurt all over. Going to use my neighbors pool this summer or maybe end of March if Texas weather is warm. I love the pool. My body thanks me! Have a good neighbor that lets me use it. I also walk in place inside and do floor exercise. Slowy weight coming down. Lose 10lbs. but staying still for about 3 weeks now. Went to a 1200 food diet here. still going strong. Good luck with your weight loss.

I'm 67. A 76-year-old friend returned to rowing after hip replacement and a 74-year-old friend returned to rowing after knee replacement.

While both of them had rowed before (for a few years, not life long) before that, it does demonstrate that at least some people with those surgeries can do those movements. The difference between a beginner and an experienced person is learning the correct technique, then starting at lower intensity followed by building up from there to keep it manageable.

We all mostly row boats (the skinny ones like in the Olympics, only ours are slower ), but we do machine row when the river's frozen over in Winter. Our club has had people as old as 80 take learn to row classes and do fine, so being a beginner is achievable way past youth.

I haven't had knee replacements yet, but do have bad knees (torn meniscus, deferring surgery; osteoarthritis). I experimented to see what I could do without making things worse, and found that for me things with limited impact or torque were best, and things with straight-line hinging motions of the knees were most manageable. Consequently, I row and bike a lot, because that's all low-impact, straight-hinging stuff.

I agree with others that pool exercise can be good (I just don't enjoy it), and that it would be ideal to consult with your doctor or ask for a referral to a physical therapist for advice on exercise going forward.

If it's still fairly recent make sure you're doing all the physio you're supposed to be doing to get full range of motion back. Physio is so important. And if you got cleared to do everything by your physio or doctor then do what you enjoy most.

SuzanneC1l9zz wrote: »

Umm... friends, this thread is from 2015.

D'oh!