An article on bbcnews.com stated people over 55 lose 20% of their muscle mass yearly if they don't exercise.
I do some pilates exercises I saw on Body Electric PBS show, plus a few left over from the US Army daily dozen. I do biceps curls 30 rep, lift weight over head 30 rep, lift weight straight out to side 30 rep, lift weight out diagonally from body 30 rep. I started with a 1 lb weight, 2 lb for a few months, did 3 lb for a year, now I am up to 5 lb. I have very light upper body muscles & bones for a man, am afraid 10 lb would tear up my joints.
I have been having trouble lifting my 82 lb speakers onto the poles they came with and have started front curling a bar bell of 38 lb from the stand at waist level to my chest. I'm up to 8 reps but can't lift upper arm out away from my chest yet.
I do 30 pushups leaning on a chair against the wall. I can't do ones all the way down to the floor now, it makes my wrists hurt.
For back muscles I put hands on floor then do a knee dip 1 2 3 4 30 times. I should probably do this with hand weights as I'm starting to get back muscle pain riding the bike.
I do this every other day. My legs are very short. People with longer legs maybe should only touch fingers to ground, and then only after stretching out for a week or so. People with balance problems should wear a bike helmet doing this or anything where they might fall indoors. The $1 CPSC version is fine at 0 mph.
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These do make my muscles sore the next day. Sign of good exercise. I take ibuprofen the day I am sore.
Enjoy fitness & good health.