Five Fitness Tips for Seniors to Stay Healthy in the New Year

As fitness coordinator for Erickson Living's Lantern Hill senior living community in New Providence, N.J., Melissa Sullivan offers five senior fitness tips for 2020, reports Patch . She recommends seniors drink lots of water — at least six to eight unce glasses daily. Sullivan also suggests seniors add flexibility to their daily routine, with stretching and yoga good starting points. Sullivan also says desserts are to be avoided, except on special occasions. Moreover, she urges seniors to pursue continuous stimulation of the brain and memory with activities like reading, arts and crafts, playing cards, fitness classes, traveling when possible, and listening to or playing music. Sullivan's fifth tip is for seniors whose exercise regimen has been waylaid by injury to revisit a doctor and work with him/her on a new regimen.