Achieving successful aging through exercise: intrinsic logic and path selection / 中华老年医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Physical exercise helps promote successful aging, meaning that physical exercise can promote the physical health of the elderly and achieve healthy aging.It can also improve the mental health of the elderly and help achieve active aging.In addition, it can enhance social participation of the elderly and help achieve productive aging.To take advantage of the benefits of exercise for successful aging, the selection of paths should follow the principles of evidence-based exercise and scientifically proven exercise to avoid ineffective exercise or other negative effects of exercise, give priority to the natural environment to maximize exercise benefits, consider harmonious integration into social situations to improve the sense of social participation of the elderly, and formulate specific exercise plans to offer customized exercise prescriptions to realize the best results.