Health Tip: Strengthen Your Muscles

(HealthDay News) -- Maintaining strong and healthy muscles is particularly important for seniors, who tend to lose muscle as they age.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers these muscle-strengthening suggestions:

• Engage in vigorous gardening, such as by shoveling or digging.
• Lift weights, or work out with a resistance band.
• Practice yoga.
• Opt for exercises that naturally use your body weight for resistance, such as by performing sit ups and push ups.

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