Tips to Get Moving for National Senior Health and Fitness Day!
Whether you're already physically active or looking to get started, today is a great day to get moving! It's the 25th anniversary of Senior Health & Fitness Day, the nation's largest annual health promotion event for older adults. More than 1,000 local organizations in all 50 states are hosting activities such as fitness walks, low-impact exercises, health screenings, health information workshops, and more.
While exercise has benefits for the whole body, it is especially important for your brain as you age. Experts from the Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH), a collaborative of scientists, health professionals, scholars, and policy experts who focus on brain heath and aging, agreed in a report that people who exercise "show beneficial changes in brain structure and function" and "have lower risk of cognitive decline." Physical activity can make positive changes in our brains that will keep us sharp into old age.