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Best Muscle Tone Program for 50 and 60 year olds?

JohnnyCalvin
JohnnyCalvin Posts: 20 Member
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi..I am 58 and wondering if there are any books or web sites that help us seniors keep our muscle tone and overall fitness? Any suggestions? Thanks

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  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
    Jack LaLanne. The man is a legend and a god.

    1979 (age 65): towed 65 boats in Lake Ashinoko, near Tokyo, Japan. He was handcuffed and shackled, and the boats were filled with 6,500 pounds (2,900 kg; 460 st) of Louisiana Pacific wood pulp.

    1980 (age 66): towed 10 boats in North Miami, Florida. The boats carried 77 people, and he towed them for over one mile (1.6 km) in less than one hour.

    1984 (age 70): handcuffed, shackled, and fighting strong winds and currents, towed 70 rowboats, one with several guests, from the Queen’s Way Bridge in the Long Beach Harbor to the Queen Mary, 1 mile.
  • love22step
    love22step Posts: 1,103 Member
    At 59, I'm already a senior? Oh, no!!! Say it ain't so!!! I'm walking, gardening, doing Billy Blanks' Tae Bo, and, for muscle tone, I'm using the Chalean Extreme DVD set. Together, it all seems to be working!
  • KeepOnMoving
    KeepOnMoving Posts: 383 Member
    I am not there yet, but I do believe in yoga and pilates. Especially yoga. Start out with beginner's of course. Giamin (spell?) sells inexpensive DVDs at almost any discount store in the sporting goods section.

    I saw a TV clip a couple years back of a lady in her 90's that teaches yoga. She used to be a dancer and modeled, never married. When she broke her hip, the doctors said she could never do yoga.....2 years later she is back teaching yoga. Swimming is also a safe exercise to age with if you know how to swim.
  • Lisa_222
    Lisa_222 Posts: 301 Member
    Stop calling yourself a senior! 60 is the new 40. Anything anyone else can do, we can do with modification. I do tapes once in awhile and while I can't follow every move all the way through, I sometimes surprise myself. Eventually, you will work up to doing it all. Just modify whenever its a strain. And stretch. I find that at our age, its not strength that is a hindrance, but flexibility.
  • JohnnyCalvin
    JohnnyCalvin Posts: 20 Member
    Thanks all...I do swim and elliptical and walk...and you are right (at 58-59) we are NOT seniors yet!
  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
    Thanks all...I do swim and elliptical and walk...and you are right (at 58-59) we are NOT seniors yet!

    If it gets me a discount, I'll be as "senior" as you want. I actually have the "active senior" membership at my park district fitness center-it amuses me to no end.
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