{"id":65974,"date":"2025-08-14T08:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T08:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/65974\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T08:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T08:31:11","slug":"5-daily-exercises-that-keep-you-strong-in-your-50s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/65974\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Daily Exercises That Keep You Strong in Your 50s"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re looking for just the right exercises that will keep you strong and sculpted well into your 50s, you\u2019ve come to the right place. We spoke with Jenifer Anderson, certified ACE group exercise instructor and fitness professional, who shares the five daily moves she swears by to boost overall fitness<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love a combination of bodyweight work<\/a> and some intentional strength exercise,\u201d Anderson tells us. \u201cEach of the exercises below builds strength and muscular endurance. Muscles will become challenged to grow stronger (promoting healthier bones and joints), and you\u2019ll gain endurance (think longer walks, hikes, runs).\u201d<\/p>\n

Anderson says that balance can be incorporated into any of these exercises as well. For instance, when performing a plank or pushup, lift your hand when you reach the top of the movement. At the bottom of a squat, lift one foot off the floor to check your balance.<\/p>\n

\u201cBalance is something we have to consistently work on as we age, and finding small ways to incorporate it into your workout will be a huge benefit,\u201d Anderson notes.<\/p>\n

5 Daily Exercises To Stay Strong in Your 50s
\n\tPushups<\/p>\n

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\u201cPushups are a go-to\u2014you can change your hand positioning, add power with tempo work or make it more achievable by starting on the knees or on a wall,\u201d Anderson explains. \u201cPushups are deceiving because they aren\u2019t just upper body work. You\u2019ve got a ton of core in there and you can add in movement to include your lower body, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Start with a high plank with hands under your shoulders and your body straight.
\nBend your elbows and lower your chest toward the floor.
\nMaintain a long, straight body as you lower.
\nPress back up, straightening your arms.<\/p>\n

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\tSquats<\/p>\n

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Squats provide an excellent lower-body workout.<\/p>\n

Stand tall, feet shoulder-width apart on the floor.
\nExtend your arms before you or place your hands on your hips.
\nBend at the knees and hips to lower into a squat.
\nDescend until your thighs are parallel to the floor.
\nPress through your heels to return to standing.<\/p>\n

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\tDeadlifts<\/p>\n

\u201cChanging your foot position, racking the weights in front or back or elevating your heels are all ways to change the angle and workload [of this exercise],\u201d Anderson says.<\/p>\n

Stand tall, feet hip-width apart, holding a dumbbell in each hand.
\nBend your knees slightly and hold the weights in front of your thighs.
\nPress your hips back as you lower the dumbbells down your leg. Maintain a straight back as you do so.
\nSqueeze your glutes to stand up tall.<\/p>\n

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\tPlank<\/p>\n

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Place your hands under your shoulders.
\nPress into the pads of your fingers and hug your inner arm toward your armpit.
\nWalk your feet out to hip-width.
\nEngage your abs, squeeze your buttocks, and pull upward through your quads.
\nHold the position.<\/p>\n

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\tBurpees<\/p>\n

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Stand tall, feet shoulder-width apart.
\nLower into a squat and place your hands on the ground.
\nJump your feet back to assume a high plank.
\nPerform a pushup.
\nJump your feet up toward your hands.
\nExplode upward, reaching both arms overhead.<\/p>\n

Looking for more easy ways to lose fat? Here\u2019s How Long Your Walking Workout Should Be To Shrink Belly Fat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alexa Mellardo<\/p>\n

\t\tAlexa is a content strategist, editor, and writer based in Greenwich, Connecticut. She has 11+ years of experience creating content for travel, lifestyle, fitness, wellness, F&B, home, and celeb news publications.\t\t\t\t\tRead more about Alexa <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re looking for just the right exercises that will keep you strong and sculpted well into your…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[6647,102,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-65974","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-fitness","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}