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The Book of Lost Energy

Get Active

Another important thing that you can do to boost your energy is to get physically

active. The body generally feels less energetic if you are not doing adequate

physical activities. When you are working out, your body releases the hormone
endorphins–the happy hormone–that give you that happy and energetic feeling.

Aside from endorphins, physical activities also encourage the body to release

serotonin that balances the other hormones as well as reduce the amount of

cortisol–the stress hormone. There are many physical activities that can help you
become more active but make sure that you do low impact activities to avoid

getting hurt.

Yoga

Yoga is not only a holistic remedy, but it can also provide adequate low-impact

physical activities for older adults. Yoga allows you to focus not only on your body

movements but also your breathing. Although you might experience discomfort at

first when doing different yoga postures, your body will eventually get used to it.

What makes yoga a perfect physical activity for an older adult is that it is a better
option than jogging or brisk walking although doing the latter are both perfectly

fine especially if you don’t suffer from joint problems.

Strength Training

As you get older, you lose a third of your muscles yearly thus leading to loss of

strength by as much as 2% every year. This is the reason why strength training is a

great physical activity to help slow down the degradation of muscles by training
them to get stronger despite your age. Strength training may be done using weights

or with your body weight to strengthen your muscles. Several studies suggest that

elderly women between the age 65 and 75 who lifted weights at least twice a week

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