What's stopping us from exercising in older age?
James Gallagher tries to understand what holds us back from exercise as we age.
Exercise in older age is high on the agenda, but the idea that with age comes bags of time and a desire to βget out thereβ isnβt true for a lot of us. How do you juggle exercise around caring for partners, grandchildren or staying in work? What if you havenβt exercised for years? What can your body take, and how has it changed with age? James Gallagher hears how octogenarian athlete βIrongranβ keeps going, he explores the mental and physical barriers that stop us exercising and he finds out what he might feel like in 40 years as he pulls on an ageing suit.
(Photo: Elderly man going for a run. Credit: Charday Penn / Getty Images)
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