A secret exercise trick that can add years to your life, says doctor

A bad scale is a major red flag for your body. Here is a simple way to act.


Having a good balance is not just for surfers and gymnasts. It is crucial for anyone else aging and aspires to live a long healthy life. Countless studies have a balance associated with your overall health and longevity, noting that when your ability to balance begins to deteriorate in your 40s and 50, it leads to a Gnarly cycle that includes fewer exercises, a gain. weight, a lack of physical confidence - and all the resulting health risks that follow. Like Dawn Skelton, Ph.D., Professor at the University of Glasgow Caledonia in the United Kingdom, recently explained on the popular BBC Health Podcast "Just one thing, "Every 45 years and over should consider doing more balance-oriented exercises for their bodies.

"By doing a balancing exercise, you defied your brain to constantly practice you stand up," said Skelton. "We have to fight the desire to stop doing something when it makes us feel a little wobble."

The worst thing that can happen when you are flickering, it's you're falling. If this happens when you are young, it's probably not biggia. "But as we are older, we could not get up from this autumn, it could start to be afraid of the movement, and we could stop moving at other times," she explains. "It makes us socially isolated, which is not good for mental health."

A bad balance is also areally Bad sign for your body. Believe it or not, equilibrium is too cognitive and demanding-bodily - difficult, not only your leg muscles and ankle, but also your inner ear, your eyes, your joints and your brain, which must all coordinate to treat a vast amount of information to understand where you are in space and to make sure you do not fall.

"The balance will appear so bad if you have problems with these things," Note Skelton. "People who have a bad balance do not live so long .... he has more to do with the brain and brain that can do the right thing. If it does not do it well for balance, it does not do it Probably not good for your hormones and cardiovascular system. It's a decline marker. "

She also offered simple tips and tricks that you can do at home to improve your balance and combat this decline.Mainly, you can start staying on one more leg for 30 seconds at a time.You can do it while you brush your teeth, you just shower or wait for your food to cooked. (If it does not seem very strong, try to do it with your eyes.)

In addition to standing on one leg for 30 seconds at a time, Skelton also recommends you to get up "once per hour", consider doing tandem stands (what is when you hold one foot behind the other, Like a tight rope walker), and walk back. "Just make sure you know where you go," she says. Also, for a more advanced training of balance and stability, consider the following exercises, the courtesy ofETNT SPIRIT + BODY Resident trainer, TIM LIU, C.S.C.S.C.S. And for more great exercise tips, do not missSecret mental trick to get a lean body, tell experts.

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Yoga warrior posing

Young woman practicing yoga Warrior pose, Virabhadrasana against texturized wall / urban background

Extend your legs and extend your arms on your side. Turn your right foot from 90 degrees; Fold your knee until your thigh is parallel to the ground. Hold for 10 breaths. Repeat the operation on your left.

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Balance of the leg

Person locking her hands together while doing a single-leg squat with an instructor placing her leg in a strap loop

For this one, hold yourself with your feet to the shoulder-width of the shoulder. Lift one leg on the floor and fold it back, activating your knee. Hold the position for 30 seconds while maintaining an appropriate form. Repeat on the other side.

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Expansion

Sports young woman doing exercises on trainer back machine in the gym

Position yourself in a Roman chair and fold at the waist, lower your torso until it is almost vertical. Return to the starting position. Make three sets of 15 representatives.

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Pivoting chest

Athletic muscular man doing abs exercise on abdominal coaster gym machine

Sit in a rotary torso machine, adjust the armrests to 45 degrees to your right and turn left as far as possible. Make 10 repetitions, then repeat on the opposite side. Make three sets. For more great exercise tips, do not missThe 4 walkout sessions that will help you be skinny, explains the trainer top .


Categories: ETNT Mind+Body
Tags: aging / exercise
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