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🦴 Strong bones are an important part of staying active and mobile as you age.

Strength training, weight-bearing exercise, and getting enough calcium and vitamin D can all play a role in maintaining bone health. Taking care of your bones now can help you keep moving confidently for years to come.

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9 Tips for Healthy Bones From eating more veggies to lifting weights, there’s a lot you can do to improve your bone health. An orthopaedist offers tips.

Your body is built to move. Taking care of your spine and joints can help you keep moving with strength, confidence, and freedom. 🌱

Regular movement, strength training, mobility work, and good habits all play a role in keeping your body moving well, whether you’re working, exercising, or simply enjoying everyday life.

💬 What’s one activity you want to keep doing for years to come? Let us know in the comments! ⬇️

🧘‍♀️ Tight hips can make everyday movement feel more restricted than it should.

Adding mobility work to your routine can help improve your range of motion and make movements like walking, squatting, and bending feel more comfortable. Yoga offers a variety of stretches and poses that can help keep your hips moving.

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Got Hip Tension? 5 Yoga Poses to Open Your Hips and Increase Mobility. It's all about your hips—and every surrounding muscle group.

Looking for a lower-impact way to build strength and stay active? 🏊‍♀️

Exercising in the water can take some pressure off your joints while still challenging your muscles, improving balance, and getting your heart rate up. From water walking to resistance exercises, the pool offers plenty of ways to keep moving.

Discover the benefits of water-based exercise and some simple exercises to try 👇

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Exercising in Water for Strength, Safety and Better Health Whether you’re looking for a way to stay in shape or trying to recover from some type of injury, working out in the pool or another body of water can help. This is because water exercises support health in a variety of ways. And they can target the areas of your body where you want [...]Read More....

A strong core is about more than visible abs. Your abdominal muscles help stabilize your spine and pelvis, improve balance, and make everyday movement more controlled. 💪

Exercises like dead bugs, leg raises, hollow holds, and mountain climbers can help build core strength and stability.

Comment below if you're ready to add some new core exercises to your workout routine!

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7 Lower Ab Exercises To Strengthen Your Core and Improve Stability Lower ab exercises like hollow holds, lying leg raises, and Russian twists help strengthen the deep core muscles for stability and balance.

🚶‍♂️ Does walking more or walking faster make a difference? Research suggests both can be beneficial.

Getting more steps throughout the day and increasing your walking pace when you can may offer added health benefits. Whether it’s a morning walk, a few extra laps around the block, or a faster pace on your commute, small changes can help you stay active.

Learn more about the connection between step count, walking pace, and health ⬇️
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Longevity: 30-minute brisk walk may be as effective as 7,500 steps Walking at a faster pace under 5,000 steps daily cuts early death risk as much as walking 7,500 slower steps a day, researchers have found.

When your body moves well, you can focus less on what’s holding you back and more on where you want to go.

Healthy movement starts with taking care of your spine, joints, and overall mobility so you can keep doing the things you enjoy. 🙏

Let us know your favorite type of healthy movement in the comments ⤵️

💪 You don’t need an hour at the gym to get a good workout in.

This 20-minute routine combines full-body strength exercises with stretching to build strength, improve mobility, and get your body moving. Squats, reverse lunges, rows, core work, and a final stretch make this an easy routine to fit into a busy morning.

A little movement can go a long way toward starting your day feeling energized and ready to go. ☀️

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Start Your Morning Off Right With This 20-Minute Strength and Stretch This strength and stretch is perfect for busy moms, or anyone in need of a quick (but effective) workout. Grab your dumbbells and get ready to sweat.

Spending hours at a desk can put more strain on your wrists and elbows than you might realize.

💻 Keyboard height, mouse position, elbow support, and even how often you change positions can all affect the way your arms, shoulders, and spine work together. Small adjustments to your workspace and regular movement breaks can make a meaningful difference.

Learn what could be contributing to wrist and elbow discomfort and how to make your desk setup work better for your body. 👇

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Why Your Desk Setup Might Be the Real Cause of Your Wrist and Elbow Pain You reach for your coffee and your wrist twinges. You lean on your elbow while scrolling through email and feel a dull ache settle in by mid-afternoon. Most people blame typing itself, but the real culprit is often something much less obvious: the exact position your desk puts your arms in for eight...

Strength and cardio don’t have to be separate. Combining both can help build strength, endurance, and overall fitness while making the most of your workout time. 💪

A strong, mobile body makes it easier to stay active and keep moving through everyday life. 🏃‍♂️ https://bit.ly/4gZLsNv

Let us know in the comments how you’re getting your strength and cardio in this week! ⬇️

A Full-Body Strength-Cardio Circuit Workout to Boost Endurance Try these circuits you might see in a Life Time SHRED class to build strength and stamina in one efficient session.