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2. Senior Women? You Should be Lifting Weights, and Here's Why - AOL

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   If you exercise before dinner at the end of a work day, a pre-workout snack of instant oatmeal, yogurt, and/or fruit 30 minutes before your workout are great options. bhofack2/istockphoto

3. Here’s how many steps women over 60 should be taking per day

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   During a period of 7½ years, there were 407 cases of heart failure in the group. The risk was found to be 12% to 17% lower for every 70 minutes of light activity (housework, self-care and other ...

4. Experts Say Weight Lifting Is The Fountain Of Youth. Here's ...

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   Discover how senior weight lifting can help women over 60 ... On top of the physical benefits, resistance training has shown ... Start with two to three sets of 10 reps for each exercise below. If ...

5. Benefits of physical activity - Wikipedia

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   The benefits of physical activity range widely. Most types of physical activity improve health and well-being. Physical activity refers to any body movement that burns calories. “Exercise,” a subcategory of physical activity, refers to planned, structured, and repetitive activities aimed at improving physical fitness and health. [1]

6. Cardiovascular fitness - Wikipedia

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   Cardiovascular fitness is a component of physical fitness, which refers to a person's ability to deliver oxygen to the working muscles, including the heart.Cardiovascular fitness is improved by sustained physical activity (see also Endurance Training) and is affected by many physiological parameters, including cardiac output (determined by heart rate multiplied by stroke volume), vascular ...

7. Cardiorespiratory fitness - Wikipedia

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   Cardiorespiratory fitness can be increased by means of regular physical activity and exercise. The medical community agrees that regular physical activity plays an important role in reducing risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, and a variety of other morbid conditions.

8. Women see greater health benefits from regular exercise than ...

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   A national study found that women who exercised regularly — at least 2½ hours of moderate exercise or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise per week — had a 24% lower risk of dying over the study ...

9. Physical fitness - Wikipedia

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   Physical fitness is achieved through exercise, among other factors.Photo shows Rich Froning Jr., four-time winner of "Fittest Man on Earth" title.. Physical fitness is a state of health and well-being and, more specifically, the ability to perform aspects of sports, occupations, and daily activities.