Randomized trials have found that short bouts of high-intensity exercise, 5 to 10 minutes, increases your capacity to do cognitively challenging tasks that require what's called executive function, to hold one thing in your brain that helps you solve the next step. But I know that getting my heart rate up is good for my brain and my heart. I spent a professional life as an OB-GYN working to stay calm and keep my heart rate down. They don't need to be done every day and they don't take a long time, but some mix needs to be getting into your exercise salad.Ĭardio. What fun.įor women in midlife, the following types of exercise are important. Nobody can be looking at you, and you can look at everybody walking by. The good news is that Lycra in old swimsuits seems to be infinitely stretchable, and at the pool, in the water aerobics class, it's just a giggle. Some exercises are easy on your knees, but you have to get into a swimsuit, you know, hat black piece of Lycra that's hiding somewhere that you haven't put on for some years. Running is less likely to be comfortable with knee arthritis even though there's evidence that moving those joints makes them better. Some exercises are off the table because of joint pain. Now, not all exercise does the same thing, and the same kind of exercise can be boring. All can be modified for the better with exercise. The most common, crippling diseases of aging that lead to loss of life and quality of life include diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, and dementia. They are more likely to ask for help with these conditions than men, so are given the diagnosis more often. Women are more likely to be diagnosed with depression and anxiety, which may be like asking for directions. Women are more likely to develop fragile bones from osteoporosis and creaky joints from osteoarthritis, and both are significantly improved with exercise. And after 50, the best perspective is move it or lose it.Īlthough many of the studies on aging and exercise use men as research subjects, more and more are including older women, and some specifically focus on women. That refers to your brain, your bones, your joints, your muscles, and your heart. Your arthritic joints ache, and there's a soft chair and a great book that's calling you.
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