Helps prevent back pain. Keeps skin looking fresh and healthy. Best of all, exercise lifts your mood and is a great way to make new friends - and you'll feel better almost straight away. Powerwalk past commuters stuck in traffic. Fitness for Older Women.
Many women find they do less and less exercise or sport as they get older.
But this is precisely the time that keeping mobile and fit becomes more vital than ever. If you stay strong and supple into old age you can protect yourself from all sorts of medical problems, from falls and broken bones, to heart disease and lung disease. Don't imagine that your body isn't up to the challenge of physical activity. Even into your 80's and 90's the body remains remarkably responsive and with time will adapt to do much of what you train it to do. And its never too late to start.