variety to exercise routines<\/a>. The study followed 111,000 people over 30 years, and found that the group with the largest variation in physical activity had an almost 20 per cent lower risk of early death from all causes.<\/p>\n\u201cAs long as you enjoy these activities, which you\u2019ll know because you\u2019ll get constant feedback from your endorphin system, this is great,\u201d says Yesodharan.<\/p>\n
As for his favourite, \u201cI would always say gym training,\u201d he says. \u201cSimply because, as people get older, they tend to have age-related muscle loss.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEspecially for men, testosterone levels start going down, and they\u2019ll reach a point where they can no longer build more muscle. As long as they have a high muscle percentage by that age, they can sustain the muscle for quite a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for the other activities, Yesodharan is a fan of Pilates and dancing, because they focus on core control and proprioception (an awareness of where your limbs are in respect to your body), which helps to reduce the risk of falling.<\/p>\n
Swimming, he says, is good because it\u2019s a low impact full body workout, so there\u2019s no joint inflammation. Running is great for building cardiovascular efficiency and building bone density, but it has a high impact, so those with osteoporosis or bad joints should avoid it.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re wanting to take Eddie up on his advice to diversify your physical activity, here\u2019s a selection of Telegraph Recommended\u2019s top-rated fitness equipment to get you started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Try various exercise types Eddie the Eagle does so much more than just ski jumping these days. \u201cI…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":606005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[38],"tags":[260606,260607,1198,210,5844,260608,145002,260603,260604,146545,260605,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-606004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-eddie-the-eagle-edwards","tag-elder-health","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-health-and-fitness","tag-other-article","tag-recommended","tag-recommended-health-and-fitness","tag-recommended-travel-and-outdoors","tag-skiing","tag-special-exclusion","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116109119752684772","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}