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For optimal fitness as you get older, focus on exercises that build cardiovascular fitness, lean muscle mass and strength, balance, and mobility and flexibility.

Discover which types of exercise a major NIH study linked to the greatest longevity benefits for adults over 70 and how to stay consistent.

Linda Green didn’t step foot in a gym until she was 75. Now, three years since she moved to retirement home Ledian Gardens and started regular exercise, she has the biological age of a 51-year-old.

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