5 Daily Exercises to Look & Feel 10 Years Younger

Granted, feeling younger is for most of us more important than looking younger, but since one follows the other, we might as well have glowingly good health in all regards. Here’s how:

Five ways

Movement, posture, and gait can make you look older than wrinkles do, And while stiffness, slowness, and poor posture age you, mobility and upright posture restore youth and energy. So, here are 5 exercises to ensure you attain and maintain that:

1. Wall angel: stand with your butt, shoulders, and head against a wall with your elbows bent at 90°, then move your arms overhead without leaving the wall. This improves posture, scapular mobility, and shoulder control.
2. Seated cat-cow: sit forwards on a chair, with your feet flat and your hands on your knees; alternate rounding your spine (cat) and arching your spine with your chest lifted (cow). This restores spinal mobility, especially thoracic extension.
3. Hip flexor stretch with side bend: kneel on a padded surface, and squeeze your buttocks, tilting your pelvis under, then raise your hand behind your head, and bend sideways. This stretches your hip flexors, abdomen, and shoulder, improving hip extension for walking.
4. Heel raise: stand on a step with your heels hanging off, lower yourself down for stretch, then rise onto your toes. This strengthens calves for walking power and speed, reducing shuffling.
5. Band pull apart: hold a resistance band in front of you at chest height, pull it wide across your chest while squeezing your shoulder blades, then relax. This strengthens postural muscles for a healthily upright stance.

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