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Exercise for 66-Year-Olds

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Leslie Truex

Exercise is crucial to health and having a full, active life at any age. While risk factors for illness and ailments increase with age, exercise can help offset those risks. Exercise can reduce the risk of hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis and osteoporosis in seniors.

Leslie Truex has been telecommuting and freelancing since 1994. She wrote the "The Work-At-Home Success Bible" and is a career/business and writing instructor at Piedmont Virginia Community College. Truex has a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Willamette University and a Master of Social Work from California State University-Sacramento. She has been an Aerobics and Fitness Association of America certified fitness instructor since 2001.