Stiff joints, slower metabolism and loss of lean muscle are all too familiar. Often, aging is equated with decreased exercise and these consequences.

It all comes down to choices. You achieved your position in life by making intelligent decisions; now you can apply that same determination to your health and body.

Through consistent exercise, you can rebuild muscles, increase metabolic rates, lower heart disease risk, improve posture and increase quality of life.

Hormonal optimization can facilitate your ability to exercise more effectively, helping achieve desired results. During your Executive Health Evaluation, you'll have an opportunity to discuss your current exercise routine with an exercise physiologist. Together, you can develop a plan fitting your lifestyle and overall health goals.

There are three main exercise categories:

• Resistance Training/Weight Training. Resistance is found in many forms, from weight machines and free weights to stretch tubing and swimming pool activities. Body weight can add resistance in exercises such as push-ups, standing squats and crunches.
• Cardiovascular Exercise. "Cardio" is among the most popular forms of exercise, such as walking, cycling, swimming and aerobics. Actually, any exercise causing an increase in heart rate for a sustained period of time is included.
• Flexibility Exercise. Flexibility Exercise is defined as the range of possible motion around a joint. As we age, joint mobility proves crucial for muscular strength, proper posture and full range of motion. Flexibility exercises - with their gentle movements - help increase the length of connective tissues and muscles.