Thank You Will. I am 66 and was diagnosed with sciatica last year and found your site. Since then I have been consistently active and find I have been learning more and more about what I need to do to continue creating a consistent healthy routine for my elder years, ands it has been mostly lead from your videos. thanks again
Brilliant! Thanks Will, this was really clear and simple advice. I love that your presentations are so accessible for us oldies. And giving me five things to concentrate on, when considering a particular subject about my health is just what I need for motivating me, without being swamped with too much at a time. Hope you have a great Christmas with family - thanks and many blessings from a grateful member of your oldies fan club! ❤
I'm 62, do weight bearing exercise, and have always been active, but sadly I've just been diagnosed with Graves Disease. With this, I frustratingly discovered it has led unknowingly to a significant loss of bone density. I'm going to face this damn thing head-on. I will be doing everything I can to remain fit, active, and strong. Your excellent exercises, along with those from Tone and Tighten, El Paso Physio, Dr Jo and Fabulous 50s have combined to give me a daily rotation of complimentary strength exercises that darn well will keep moving !
Thank you Will for your advice, there is so much out there on social media it’s difficult to decide what’s best so now I only watch your videos as I know it’s the best, easy to relate to and relevant. Have a good Christmas and see you in the New Year 🙌
Agree totally, if lived in UK and not Australia he'd be my physio. Purchased book here, such a good price & decided to buy by way of pay back as well. Will is so generous with all his free content.
Thank you! You makes me feel that being “over 50” is not resigning to a dinosaur life! I’m 56, look 43, determined to feel / live as 38. Thank you! Been following, you are inspirational!
Brilliant advice - clear explanations without delving too deeply in the why & wherefore which frankly turns my brain off. Video with instructions in text makes it easier to find when looking for exercises. Copy frame with caption & put into photo gallery (sure there's a smarter way but am old/old school😂 yup one who would love a dvd workout. Brought the book here in OZ - it's great & in typical Will Harlow style doesn't break the bank to purchase. Just think this guy is beyond generous with free content he puts up & book is brilliant also.
I am 57 years-old. When I got diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes a few years ago, I tried walking 5 days a week but found it unsustainable. Now I walk 3 days a week (Mon/Wed/Fri) but with very high intensity (6 laps at the oval for 30 mins, 3900 steps at 6.2 km/h at average cadence of 128 spm, average heart rate of 130 bpm). My New Year's Resolution is to start strength/resistance training 3 days a week (Tue/Thu/Sun), reserving Saturdays for Taiko Drumming class. I have stuck to my resolution of walking for a few years now, and no doubt I will stick to my new resolution and making adjustments where necessary to make it sustainable. I am in the best shape of my life because there are now seriously bad consequences if I don't exercise, whereas before my diagnosis, I didn't think the consequences were bad enough if I didn't exercise.
When I was diagnosed my docter told me to go on the Ketogenic diet . Best thing I ever did. I llst 75 pounds in less than a year just by changing my diet. My insulin resistance is gone and I am doing well. Changing my diet also made be feel better enough to do a lot of physical things I couldn't do before.
@SharSue My HbA1c was about 12 when I got diagnosed and has been steady at 5.8 since. I can't remember how long it took to improve, but I do remember the dietary changes wasn't as bad, and the exercise took some experimentation to settle into a routine. Overall, the lifestyle changes required wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and it wasn't that hard to do. It's more like settling into a new normal.
@@imissmydog8279 I'm 69. I cook myself two hot meals per day. This way I can tailor the diet to precisely what works for me. I studied up on it quite a bit when I started. If you are a reader, the best single book source I found was The Ketogenic Bible and a good YT guy is KenBerryMD. Remember, my own GP actually "prescribed" this for me and that really motivated me as a way to stay off any medications. And it has worked. Plus many other benefits like less inflammation, fewer "aches and pains" and not only is my weight stable for four years but it helps retain muscle mass as you age and now I feel so much better I am exercising more. Anyway, I am glad you are working on and making progress with your health improvement. Best wishes.
Gosh, I am SO glad I watched this episode!! I have severe osteoporosis, and back issues due to injuries while in the military. Consequently, walking or getting on the treadmill was the only exercise I was really getting. I recently started working with a PT, so I’ve been really increasing my resistance exercising. So much so, that I am very sore. And that means I’ve been dreading getting on the treadmill or taking a walk. I had been having the thought that I should just take a chance, focus on resistance since that’s what I really need for my bones. But old habits die hard-until now! I love your book-so much so that I have the hard-copy for my work-out area, as well as the Kindle version so I can read on-the-go.
Great points! I go stuck in the recommendation to not do weight bearing on arthritic knees so I did more bike and elliptical. Then COVID hit and most seniors were moving less. Luckily we had exercise equipment in the basement. Last year I found out I have osteoporosis! Now I am stopping around.
Excellent advice ..especially "the body is made to move ".We are vegetarians and is it true that we definitely lack protein .So far, no aches or pains and we exercise consistently
@johnmartin7919 Thank you for your reply..Yes !I think so too It's that, there's always a theory that lentils /pulses don't give as much protein as meat
Thank you! About heavy lifting / weights training, I had to start with tins of food. About 400gm. * this was in face to face physiotherapy several years ago. They also said to go up slowly, use bags of rice, you can adjust the weight very precisely. Using plastic containers. There are heaps of things in the kitchen that we can use. I hope this helps someone else sometime. (( i cannot afford face to face now ))
Thank you for this bit of information, Will! I didn’t know this, so now I will lift heavier…👊🏽 Your Channel is invaluable, for this introvert, who likes to stay home. 😃
I love your insightful information and have recommended your channel to several other people so thank you! Just a comment for you to mull over: in the last few recent videos, the number of things popping onto the screen - besides the graphics that are emphasizing what you are saying right then - seem to have increased in number. Sometimes, like in this video, they are even covering over the video specific graphics. They are a bit distracting... Thanks again for all you do!
Just had a hand surgeon tell me how heavy lifting was the worst for any age and how all her medical publications stated that. I had to bite my tongue to not ask her if they were from the 1970s… 🙄🤦♀️
Great advice once again - will immediately pass that on to my partner. Regarding myself, I must admit that I enjoy running just too much. Hence I use it as a motivational strategy for the necessary resistance exercise ... (which in itself bores me terribly ;-). Luckily my joints don't ache that much - but I have recurring tendon issues (hamstrings, Achilles, wrists ...) Could you perhaps make a video about tendon health in older people?
Thank you will for these videos. I do have the your new book as well. Merry Christmas to you and your family.🎄💫 Best of wishes to you all for the New Year💫
I not had good 2024 Arthritis then Right Frozen Shoulder Dizziness in August diagnosed with Osteopenia in Hips & Osteoporosis in Back I lost 5.7kg since end of July & can’t have pills for Osteoporosis until had Teeth out & then get Dentures
I'm 58 and I wish I knew what to do to stop my right hip from screaming in pain when I put weight on it. No trauma ever, 30 years of random pain. Not every step but when it happens it's instant and 10 out of 10 pain. Dr. said it's nothing. It's not nothing. It feels like a nerve getting rubbed the wrong way because it only hurts when I put weight on it. I've searched for stretches that might help but found nothing. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.
the woman in that video clip using dumbbells is getting little or no benefit because she is using them horizontally in a standing position. Weights should be used vertically against gravity.
I have osteoporosis and have been told not to lift anything. This was from my GPs physio and from a thoracic surgeon. The physio has even stopped my treatment as he doesn't want me to do exercises. I'm putting on weight now and desperately want to get fit again. I can see the muscle wastage in my arms. 😢
I've been told the opposite. I started lifting, and 2 years later, new dexa shows 6% improvement in spine without osteoporosis drugs. Building muscle builds bone. Research studies prove it.
Calcium should be taken as a complex, say like they have in Jarrow's Bone Up. You need vit D and all the other nutritional cofactor. Different forms of calcium, say. Calcium Hydroxyapatite has better research behind it.
It's not the 10k steps. it's the amount of hours you sit. So walking 10k can reduce those hours and hours of sitting! Better to walk than sit. Thats why I make more than 10k steps per day!
When u record videos, it may be controversial but where u found research and there’s a disparity between sex, ethnicity. Please highlight it; We live in such I a diverse country, I think it’s pertinent to highlight vulnerability and 🎉advantage.
Great advice, Will. I’m a great believer in weight resistance and this has been confirmed by an instructor at my gym. Also when I was diagnosed with benign arrhythmia the heart specialist advised me to use weights (as my heart was strong) but obviously not to excess. I’ve followed this advice and so far I’m in great shape, most people who don’t already know think I’m anything up to 10/12 years younger than I am 😁
@ WIll dear WIll, though thank you very much BUT! I find it extreemly stressful that practically every day (or VERY often anyhow) you post new content. It makes me more and more dissatisfied with myself - can not follow ALL THESE your recommendations! can not watch ALL these your videos! alwys other excersises so I do not know if I shall do ALL of them (IMPOSSIBEL! SO highly FRUSTRATING!) OR which ones SHALL I do/how to choose? - simply FAR TOO MUCH! Once a week would be MORE then enough!
Isn't it a little misleading to put all people ''over 50'' in the same category?? 51 is ''over fifty'' and so is 91. Also women and men have different needs especially around menopause.
Suggest you try and find a site that deals with your very specific age and condition then. Most of us find Will's advice and exercises thoroughly explained and well demonstrated. He ALWAYS has as disclaimer at the beginning of all his videos stating the exercises may not be for everyone and to seek advice from your health care professional!
I am 76 and until 3 or 4 years ago remained fit and active. Walking rather than running for which I need a good reason. But hill walking plus I always walked fast. A chronic physical hip/back problem worsened though plus a lifelong cardiac arythmia that I had never considered a problem turned out to be mitral valve fibrilation which caused me to tire quickly. But I am sure that my keeping fit and active over the years despite problems caused 40 yrs ago by being knocked flying off my bicycle by a car driver...it only takes a second of inattention... means I am still able to maintain a level of exercise until the tilted hip problem is sorted. So yes. Keep on keeping on but remember you are no longer 21 and, just like any aging machine, might need to take more breaks. 😂❤
Thanks Will for all the great advice, exercises and tips also for your fabulous book! Have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy, prosperous and above all Healthy New Year. 🎅🎄🥂🎁🍾
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Thank You Will. I am 66 and was diagnosed with sciatica last year and found your site. Since then I have been consistently active and find I have been learning more and more about what I need to do to continue creating a consistent healthy routine for my elder years, ands it has been mostly lead from your videos. thanks again
Thank you . I watch all of your videos. Priceless advices and knowledge. Lifechanging. They are a constant support to me. I thank you everyday ❤
Brilliant! Thanks Will, this was really clear and simple advice.
I love that your presentations are so accessible for us oldies.
And giving me five things to concentrate on, when considering a particular subject about my health is just what I need for motivating me, without being swamped with too much at a time.
Hope you have a great Christmas with family - thanks and many blessings from a grateful member of your oldies fan club! ❤
I'm 62, do weight bearing exercise, and have always been active, but sadly I've just been diagnosed with Graves Disease. With this, I frustratingly discovered it has led unknowingly to a significant loss of bone density. I'm going to face this damn thing head-on. I will be doing everything I can to remain fit, active, and strong. Your excellent exercises, along with those from Tone and Tighten, El Paso Physio, Dr Jo and Fabulous 50s have combined to give me a daily rotation of complimentary strength exercises that darn well will keep moving !
Thank you Will for your advice, there is so much out there on social media it’s difficult to decide what’s best so now I only watch your videos as I know it’s the best, easy to relate to and relevant. Have a good Christmas and see you in the New Year 🙌
Agree totally, if lived in UK and not Australia he'd be my physio. Purchased book here, such a good price & decided to buy by way of pay back as well. Will is so generous with all his free content.
Thank you! You makes me feel that being “over 50” is not resigning to a dinosaur life! I’m 56, look 43, determined to feel / live as 38. Thank you! Been following, you are inspirational!
Thanks will
Happy Christmas
God bless you always ❤❤
Brilliant advice - clear explanations without delving too deeply in the why & wherefore which frankly turns my brain off. Video with instructions in text makes it easier to find when looking for exercises. Copy frame with caption & put into photo gallery (sure there's a smarter way but am old/old school😂 yup one who would love a dvd workout. Brought the book here in OZ - it's great & in typical Will Harlow style doesn't break the bank to purchase. Just think this guy is beyond generous with free content he puts up & book is brilliant also.
I am 57 years-old. When I got diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes a few years ago, I tried walking 5 days a week but found it unsustainable. Now I walk 3 days a week (Mon/Wed/Fri) but with very high intensity (6 laps at the oval for 30 mins, 3900 steps at 6.2 km/h at average cadence of 128 spm, average heart rate of 130 bpm). My New Year's Resolution is to start strength/resistance training 3 days a week (Tue/Thu/Sun), reserving Saturdays for Taiko Drumming class.
I have stuck to my resolution of walking for a few years now, and no doubt I will stick to my new resolution and making adjustments where necessary to make it sustainable.
I am in the best shape of my life because there are now seriously bad consequences if I don't exercise, whereas before my diagnosis, I didn't think the consequences were bad enough if I didn't exercise.
When I was diagnosed my docter told me to go on the Ketogenic diet . Best thing I ever did. I llst 75 pounds in less than a year just by changing my diet. My insulin resistance is gone and I am doing well. Changing my diet also made be feel better enough to do a lot of physical things I couldn't do before.
What effect did your Resolution on walking have on your Type 2 Diabetes? And if it helped how long did it take for the improvement to take place?
@kaoskronostyche9939 I'm not strictly Keto but I do use a lot of products labelled as Keto.
@SharSue My HbA1c was about 12 when I got diagnosed and has been steady at 5.8 since. I can't remember how long it took to improve, but I do remember the dietary changes wasn't as bad, and the exercise took some experimentation to settle into a routine. Overall, the lifestyle changes required wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and it wasn't that hard to do. It's more like settling into a new normal.
@@imissmydog8279 I'm 69. I cook myself two hot meals per day. This way I can tailor the diet to precisely what works for me. I studied up on it quite a bit when I started.
If you are a reader, the best single book source I found was The Ketogenic Bible and a good YT guy is KenBerryMD.
Remember, my own GP actually "prescribed" this for me and that really motivated me as a way to stay off any medications. And it has worked.
Plus many other benefits like less inflammation, fewer "aches and pains" and not only is my weight stable for four years but it helps retain muscle mass as you age and now I feel so much better I am exercising more.
Anyway, I am glad you are working on and making progress with your health improvement.
Best wishes.
This video confirms I am on the right path. Fantastic. Thanks.
Gosh, I am SO glad I watched this episode!! I have severe osteoporosis, and back issues due to injuries while in the military. Consequently, walking or getting on the treadmill was the only exercise I was really getting. I recently started working with a PT, so I’ve been really increasing my resistance exercising. So much so, that I am very sore. And that means I’ve been dreading getting on the treadmill or taking a walk. I had been having the thought that I should just take a chance, focus on resistance since that’s what I really need for my bones. But old habits die hard-until now! I love your book-so much so that I have the hard-copy for my work-out area, as well as the Kindle version so I can read on-the-go.
I’m so much better since doing your exercises. Thanks Will. Aussie Bob 😊😊😊
Great points! I go stuck in the recommendation to not do weight bearing on arthritic knees so I did more bike and elliptical. Then COVID hit and most seniors were moving less. Luckily we had exercise equipment in the basement. Last year I found out I have osteoporosis! Now I am stopping around.
Weights!
Excellent advice ..especially "the body is made to move ".We are vegetarians and is it true that we definitely lack protein .So far, no aches or pains and we exercise consistently
There's no need to lack protein because you're vegetarian !
@johnmartin7919 Thank you for your reply..Yes !I think so too
It's that, there's always a theory that lentils /pulses don't give as much protein as meat
Great advice as always, Top Guy, Will always be my HERO, happy Christmas and new year, best wishes from sunny Florida!
Great advice again Will, especially the comments about resistance routines.
Love your channel.l just ordered your book and look forward to the new video.
Thank you for yet again giving encouraging advice.
Thanks a lot for your professional advices. God bless and help you.
Thank you!
About heavy lifting / weights training, I had to start with tins of food. About 400gm. * this was in face to face physiotherapy several years ago. They also said to go up slowly, use bags of rice, you can adjust the weight very precisely. Using plastic containers.
There are heaps of things in the kitchen that we can use.
I hope this helps someone else sometime.
(( i cannot afford face to face now ))
Weight baring exercise with moderate cardio,
Im 61 been bodybuilding since age 14 , still ripped.
Thank you, Will, for the helpful advice!
Excellent information Will, thanks for all you provide to us seniors. Hope you have a great weekend and enjoy the Holiday Season ✨❤
Once again, thank you for your dedication in producing these informative videos for those of us of a certain vintage. 😂😉
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Just received your book from Amazon “Thriving Beyond 50.” Looking forward to learning. I’m 56.
Thank you for this bit of information, Will! I didn’t know this, so now I will lift heavier…👊🏽 Your Channel is invaluable, for this introvert, who likes to stay home. 😃
I love your insightful information and have recommended your channel to several other people so thank you!
Just a comment for you to mull over: in the last few recent videos, the number of things popping onto the screen - besides the graphics that are emphasizing what you are saying right then - seem to have increased in number. Sometimes, like in this video, they are even covering over the video specific graphics. They are a bit distracting...
Thanks again for all you do!
Thanks Sir!
Just had a hand surgeon tell me how heavy lifting was the worst for any age and how all her medical publications stated that. I had to bite my tongue to not ask her if they were from the 1970s… 🙄🤦♀️
Define heavy ?
@ that doctor actually only talked about “lifting”/strength training, not even heavy.
Great advice once again - will immediately pass that on to my partner. Regarding myself, I must admit that I enjoy running just too much. Hence I use it as a motivational strategy for the necessary resistance exercise ... (which in itself bores me terribly ;-). Luckily my joints don't ache that much - but I have recurring tendon issues (hamstrings, Achilles, wrists ...) Could you perhaps make a video about tendon health in older people?
Good information
Thank you will for these videos. I do have the your new book as well. Merry Christmas to you and your family.🎄💫 Best of wishes to you all for the New Year💫
Tak you Will and please do a video on femoral nerve as well as front thigh that is affected by it and exercises ❤
That's right. 💯👏
We dont have Amazon here or i would have preordered the book too. Thank u for ur videos. i have signed up.
Send me the video link not working. Terms and conditions link does work but nothing for the video download.
I not had good 2024 Arthritis then Right Frozen Shoulder Dizziness in August diagnosed with Osteopenia in Hips & Osteoporosis in Back I lost 5.7kg since end of July & can’t have pills for Osteoporosis until had Teeth out & then get Dentures
I am hoping you will feel better and healthy in 2025
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I'm 58 and I wish I knew what to do to stop my right hip from screaming in pain when I put weight on it. No trauma ever, 30 years of random pain. Not every step but when it happens it's instant and 10 out of 10 pain. Dr. said it's nothing. It's not nothing. It feels like a nerve getting rubbed the wrong way because it only hurts when I put weight on it. I've searched for stretches that might help but found nothing. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.
Have you tried the glute squeezes to strengthen glutes. This definitely helps my hip pain. Worth a try. Good luck my friend
the woman in that video clip using dumbbells is getting little or no benefit because she is using them horizontally in a standing position. Weights should be used vertically against gravity.
What type off exercise should women do after a hysterectomy surgery please
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I have osteoporosis and have been told not to lift anything. This was from my GPs physio and from a thoracic surgeon. The physio has even stopped my treatment as he doesn't want me to do exercises. I'm putting on weight now and desperately want to get fit again. I can see the muscle wastage in my arms. 😢
I've been told the opposite. I started lifting, and 2 years later, new dexa shows 6% improvement in spine without osteoporosis drugs. Building muscle builds bone. Research studies prove it.
Calcium should be taken as a complex, say like they have in Jarrow's Bone Up. You need vit D and all the other nutritional cofactor. Different forms of calcium, say. Calcium Hydroxyapatite has better research behind it.
Vitamin D3 with K2 is best- K2 will direct calcium away from arteries and where is should go, bones, teeth etc.
Am 68 in good I started a normal workout 6 moths ago I was 160 lbs now am at 153 I don't like loosing weight to much how can I gain my weight back
Can you show exercise for parkinson
It's not the 10k steps. it's the amount of hours you sit. So walking 10k can reduce those hours and hours of sitting! Better to walk than sit. Thats why I make more than 10k steps per day!
3 10 min walks a day ,thats so true
When u record videos, it may be controversial but where u found research and there’s a disparity between sex, ethnicity. Please highlight it; We live in such I a diverse country, I think it’s pertinent to highlight vulnerability and 🎉advantage.
I like Dr Stacy Sims' work on this. She focuses on women, especially active women. Some of the recommendations are different for sure.
heavy lifting and pelvic prolapse! help
Great advice, Will. I’m a great believer in weight resistance and this has been confirmed by an instructor at my gym. Also when I was diagnosed with benign arrhythmia the heart specialist advised me to use weights (as my heart was strong) but obviously not to excess. I’ve followed this advice and so far I’m in great shape, most people who don’t already know think I’m anything up to 10/12 years younger than I am 😁
Good common sense advice!
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Would please make a video for people 70 and older.
These videos are aimed at over 70s as well as older or younger age groups.
@ I just thought might some precautions that those 70 and older might need.
@@Jenny-g9z I’d say just the normal common sense precautions. I’m 71 and lots of people here are much older,
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dear WIll, though thank you very much BUT! I find it extreemly stressful that practically every day (or VERY often anyhow) you post new content. It makes me more and more dissatisfied with myself - can not follow ALL THESE your recommendations! can not watch ALL these your videos! alwys other excersises so I do not know if I shall do ALL of them (IMPOSSIBEL! SO highly FRUSTRATING!) OR which ones SHALL I do/how to choose? - simply FAR TOO MUCH!
Once a week would be MORE then enough!
Get calcium from dairy?? Please rethink that advice!!!
Why?
Never giving up dairy! To each his own.
Isn't it a little misleading to put all people ''over 50'' in the same category?? 51 is ''over fifty'' and so is 91. Also women and men have different needs especially around menopause.
Also, I've never heard these pieces of advice before.
Suggest you try and find a site that deals with your very specific age and condition then. Most of us find Will's advice and exercises thoroughly explained and well demonstrated. He ALWAYS has as disclaimer at the beginning of all his videos stating the exercises may not be for everyone and to seek advice from your health care professional!
I am 76 and until 3 or 4 years ago remained fit and active. Walking rather than running for which I need a good reason. But hill walking plus I always walked fast.
A chronic physical hip/back problem worsened though plus a lifelong cardiac arythmia that I had never considered a problem turned out to be mitral valve fibrilation which caused me to tire quickly.
But I am sure that my keeping fit and active over the years despite problems caused 40 yrs ago by being knocked flying off my bicycle by a car driver...it only takes a second of inattention...
means I am still able to maintain a level of exercise until the tilted hip problem is sorted.
So yes. Keep on keeping on but remember you are no longer 21 and, just like any aging machine, might need to take more breaks. 😂❤
Cardio increases the metabolic rate. Burns more calories while you're resting. Speaking from 50 years of long distance running experience.
For women post menopause cardio actually puts weight on. I assume you are male.
Thanks Will for all the great advice, exercises and tips also for your fabulous book! Have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy, prosperous and above all Healthy New Year. 🎅🎄🥂🎁🍾