Strength training supports healthy aging by preserving muscle, bone density, metabolic health, and independence.

What would you do with 7 extra healthy and active years of life? Spend them with your family and friends? Learn more? Travel? Focus on your hobbies? Earn more professional success? More time means ...

A decades-long Swedish study finds that physical decline starts around age 35, but exercise at any age still meaningfully preserves fitness. A Swedish research project spanning 47 years from ...

For decades, people have guessed at the age when the body truly starts to slow down. Now a rare 50‑year fitness project, ...

Need motivation to stay active in your golden years? Accumulating evidence suggests that about 22 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise per day (150 mins/week) can significantly increase your odds of ...

Healthy aging and exercise are invariably connected in older adults. Working out can help build stronger bones and muscles, which can lower the chance of falls and chronic conditions as you age.

Researchers report that vigorous physical activity accounts for only 4% of adults waking time while sedentary behavior accounts for 60%. They say that even light physical activity can increase the ...

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Henrico County will celebrate healthy living among older adults with several free workshops and events during “Active Aging Week.” During Active Aging Week, which runs ...