Wednesday 11 January 2012

Healthy aging doesn’t have to be difficult

Feeling old? Feeling fatigued? Even the simplest task start seeming arduous? Climbing the stairs makes you feel out of breath sometimes? Well, I did too, until I found out the benefits of cardiovascular training or cardio for short. Cardio is a simple and easy way to improve senior fitness (in Finnish: senioriliikunta).


By cardiovascular exercise, I mean exercises that involve the large muscles like legs and help make your heart and lungs stronger. Cardiovascular exercise has lots of health benefits like lowering your blood pressure, and also it can burn lots of calories - for those of you who want to lose weight.


Cardiovascular exercise is activity involving the large muscles, such as your legs. The word 'aerobic' refers to something that needs oxygen. During cardiovascular or aerobic exercise oxygen gets continuously delivered to your muscles.


To give your heart a proper workout you need to make sure that you do your cardiovascular exercise with a certain amount of intensity, but you don't want to overdo it. One way to measure the amount of exertion while exercising is by monitoring your heart rate but whether you measure or not, the main thing is to get moving.


I was walking by the other day by an outdoor gym and I found Norwell Norwell Form Function products. I realized how easy it is to stay fit yet at the same time stay outdoors. Norwell’s cardiovascular line of products has been designed for this kind of activity and it’s fairly easy to use, regardless of age.


A product called Cross is a comfortable way of developing the muscles in legs and hips while improving the cardiovascular endurance. Cross gives the user the feeling of moving on the spot in her own pace, while vital functions and the general well being are enhanced.


Norwell Form Function Stepper develops leg muscles and improves cardiovascular endurance. Stepper has two curves. The big curve serves as support during training. The little curve is wrapped in non-skid rubber, which is good idea especially if there has been a rainy night before and the equipment might be otherwise wet during my morning walk to the outdoor gym.

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