If there is one thing that really scares an older adult it is the risk of falling. There are many reasons why older adults are more exposed to falling, but we must not fall into the trap of believing it is part of the process of getting older. We know we cannot stop the ageing process. But we can change HOW we age, by using exercise to prevent the loss of muscle and our ability to move with daily activities. We have covered this topic in great detail previously in many articles (see how to prevent falls with seniors) but I wanted to provide a simple easy to read info-graphic to explain this topic to as many people as possible. Many of the pictures shown in the image below are clients aged between 70 and 85 years from our Stronger For Longer class we hold twice per week. This proves that even at the age of 70 plus you can still improve and work on things that prevent the potentially fatal consequences from a fall.

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There are so many exercises we might use and a lot of information about technique and understanding the purpose of each movement it is easy to get confused and lost as to where to start. To help you out we created a special report you can download instantly to use to guide you on this process. This includes many of our best exercises and methods with pictures and instructions that we use each week in our older adults program. Click here to get your report.

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About The Author

Nick Jack is owner of No Regrets Personal Training and has over 15 years’ experience as a qualified Personal Trainer, Level 2 Rehabilitation trainer, CHEK practitioner, and Level 2 Sports conditioning Coach. Based in Melbourne Australia he specializes in providing solutions to injury and health problems for people of all ages using the latest methods of assessing movement and corrective exercise.

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