Staying active into your later years is crucial for your health. The recommended 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity for healthy adults over 65 can keep muscles strong and help people go about life doing all the activities they enjoy. But if you’re meeting — and exceeding — suggested workout goals, do you need to scale back?
Save for when you get an overuse or stress injury, the short answer is: No. “The point is to stay doing what you've always been doing,” says Loretta DiPietro, an exercise and nutrition scientist at George Washington University. Naturally, people will find that their pace slows down or that they’ll need more rest days between bouts of exercise. Time might even show when it’s appropriate to adopt new activities altogether. But there are options (and competitive leagues) to help make transitions easier.
The thought that the same activities will gradually take more time to ...
