Even for healthy seniors, safety may still be a concern. The American Senior Fitness Association has these tips and more to help you get your loved ones up and moving.
- First, obtain medical clearance to exercise. Stop if you feel pain, and don't exercise when you're injured, sick, or running a temperature.
- Drink plenty of water before, during, and after exercise. Avoid heavy meals for about two hours before energetic exercise.
- Use sunscreen, hats, visors, and sunglasses during outdoor daytime exercise. Think safety at all times: Should you be wearing fluorescent colors? Is it too cold, too wet, too stormy, too polluted, too hot, and/or too humid for safe exercise? Use the right equipment and wear the right clothes for exercise—dress in layers, wear fabrics that allow heat to escape, and wear good shoes.
- Work at an effective, yet comfortable, intensity level. You should be able to carry on a normal conversation while working out.
- Stop exercise and consult your physician immediately if you experience chest pain or tightness in the chest, neck, or throat; considerable difficulty breathing; abnormal heart rhythm; nausea, dizziness, light-headedness, or visual interruption; excessive cold sweat; or extreme or lasting weakness or fatigue after exercise.
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