Muscle loss as you get older

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Known as Sarcopenia – see Wikipedia for the full details. I realise that with my balance being aimed at core and torso exercises and the emphasis on shape, I may have slightly neglected a point associated with muscle mass, in that the biggest muscles are around the top half of the legs and the hips. [...]

Easy exercise for the elderly?

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

I overheard a conversation between a group of friends of varying ages today.  One of the elder ones (the oldest I believe) is in his mid eighties and has a few health problems mainly associated with a foot problem. As I understand it, part of the medical advice he had was to generally try to [...]