Welcome to the Now Old Better Show. I'm your host Paul Vogel-Zay and this is episode

number 228. Today's show is part of our Fitness Friday series and it's another great one in our Fitness Friday

Programs. We'll be hearing from returning

guest Sabrina Joe who will join us in just a minute.

Sabina Joe is a favorite with our not old better audience and is the American Council on Exercise that is

ACE the Director of Science and Research content there.

Sabrina Joe will be here to share some important information about the talk test.

The not old better show, Fitness Friday News. And we've got some excellent fitness Friday news from the National

Institute on Aging and the NIA Go for Life programs. Of course, you can find out much, much more

at NIA Go for Life on Facebook, Twitter,

and on the web at Go the number four life dot n i a dot n i a dot n i h

go that's a lot of letters there so we will put links in the show notes for you.

Today's message from Go for Life and the National Institutes on Aging is a great one

and you can find it in detail on the NIA Go for Light website. But briefly, in

order to provide your body and mind with the four types of exercise that NIA Go for Life

emphasizes that being endurance, strength, balance and flexibility, you need to strengthen

your muscles and you need to lift or push some weight.

Stronger muscles can make it easier to do everyday things like get up from a chair,

climb stairs, carry groceries, open jars, and even play with your grandchildren. Lower body strength exercises

will improve your balance too. Try a few of these easy strength exercises today and check out the NIA Go for Life

website for free detailed but simple instructions to follow and excellent

images depicting each exercise for upper body and lower body

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