What is the best way to exercise in winter for the elderly?

Elderly physical exercise is not specially limited to sports programs, generally choose more muscle groups, small intensity of the exercise load, the ability to fight against relatively weak sports, and at the same time should be based on personal preferences to decide on sports programs. Such as: walking, jogging, cycling, tai chi, softball, swimming, aerobics, ball games and so on. Outdoor sports programs are mainly based on low-intensity aerobic exercise, and should not choose sports that are too intense, too fast, or too intense. As the elderly bone and joint degenerative disease is common, winter climbing, climbing stairs on the joint load of the project to pay appropriate attention to control the amount.

What to pay attention to the elderly winter exercise

1, pay attention to the quality of the air

Whether the surrounding environment is suitable for exercise, for example, if the weather is too cold, too cold or air pollution is too serious, the visibility is not good, then it is not recommended to exercise.

2, exercise before the full warm-up activities

Winter temperatures are low, the muscles are more viscous than in summer, the resistance between the muscles and joints increased, if not warmed up, the exercise system in the "cold, viscous" state is very easy to muscle strains, joints, and other accidents.

3, the movement to pay attention to safety

Try to choose their own familiar routes to exercise, to choose in some light conditions relatively good environment for exercise.

4, the movement of the preparation to be sufficient

Elderly people in winter exercise not only warm-up activities should be done, and to wear loose, comfortable, easy to increase or decrease the clothing. And the elderly exercise the best companion, do not act alone, and bring good communication equipment.