Wilderness Walking: Resources
Helpful books, websites, and organizations for the novice hiker.
Wilderness Walking: Safety Tips
Follow these precautions whenever you hit the trail.
Hiking the High Country
If you're adventurous and in reasonable health, you're never too old to go wilderness walking. You can hike with a horse packer, stay in a tent or cabin with dining hall privileges, or carry a pack. Our writer shows you the ropes.
Yoga Helps with Balance
After a nine-week yoga program, older women showed measurable improvements in their walking speed and balance.
Discover Yoga
Here, you'll find the information and tools you need to start practicing yoga, plus tips for preventing injury.
Yoga for Arthritis: Guidelines and Cautions
If you have arthritis, yoga could be just what the doctor ordered. Have a seat and learn how yoga can help relieve pain and improve your flexibility.
Resources: Start an Exercise Program
Here are some helpful websites, plus tips on where to look locally.
Safe Yoga for Osteoporosis
If you have osteoporosis, read up on these guidelines before taking a yoga class.
Gettin' Stronger
SuperSlow resistance training is a safe and effective way to reverse muscle loss.
Amazing Grace
These five athletes prove it's never too late to start moving.
Yoga, the Antidote for Arthritis
Yoga standing poses safely increase range of motion in all the joints.
Male Cyclers May be Losing Bone Mass
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bicycling may do a man's heart good, but it won't do much for his bones, the results of a new study suggest.
Study Shows How Exercise Protects the Heart
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's well known that higher levels of regular physical activity are associated with a significantly lower risk of heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular events, but exactly how exercise protects the heart has been largely unclear, until now.
Winning Super Bowl Players Healthy Decades Later
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The select group of professional football players that comprised the 1969 Super Bowl winning team appears to be as healthy as other men in their age group.
Sid Hall, age 72
"By working out I can eat, and my waistline doesn’t move—even though I do love Arctic Swirl shakes."
Judy Lee Schreiber, age 72
"I am the phoenix of softball. I rise from the ashes."
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