For instance, there was this 55-year-old businessman who played tennis almost daily for five straight years. I lost weight even though I’m eating like a 20-year-old, “and I’m beating a 40-year-old because of my consistent playing.”
Physical Status
A 59-year-old woman embarked on a walking regimen for several months, enabling her to drop several pounds to wear a glamorous dress for a relative’s wedding.
“At first I struggled up my hilly driveway,” she remarks, “but now I walk up long hills carrying my granddaughter and groceries.”
No matter what your age or physical status is, it’s simply never too late to start exercising. It may be hard to start (and equally tough to initially follow through) but you can eventually get glued to your exercise program. The point is to start simply. Physical trainer Keith McDonald says, “Moderate activities such as walking and gardening, done 30 minutes a day, are all you need to achieve health benefits.
The key is to be consistent and do something physical every day.”
Featured here are some very simple exercises you can do that can help you graduate to more serious exercising, once you get into the habit (for more serious exercising skills, you can check out a lot of exercise books and videos).
Walking
Walk, don’t talk! Walk Don’t Talk! What’s the simplest exercise you can do? You’ve been doing it since you were born: walking. Walking is one of the best forms of exercise because it can contribute so many benefits to your body without risking injury or stressing it.
And the nice thing about it is that you do it practically every day.
However, if you think that just doing your regular walking inside the house or workplace is enough to keep your body fit and trim, that may not be so. You still need to do some additional walking, especially if you do other things like driving a vehicle every day or sitting before a computer for long hours. You also need to do exercise walking, setting 30 minutes to an hour of walking aside from your regular steps.