If you’re searching for the perfect workout routines to ensure you remain strong and toned well into your 50s, you’re in the right spot. We consulted with Jenifer Anderson, a certified ACE group exercise instructor and fitness expert, who has shared her top five daily exercises to enhance overall physical fitness.

“I enjoy combining bodyweight exercises with deliberate strength training,” Anderson explains. “The following exercises are designed to enhance strength and muscular endurance. This routine promotes muscle growth, leading to stronger bones and joints and improved endurance, which can enhance your ability to engage in longer walks, hikes, or runs.”

Anderson notes that you can incorporate balance into all of these workouts. For example, when executing a plank or push-up, try lifting a hand when you reach the peak of the movement. During a squat, lift one foot off the ground at the lowest point to test your balance.

“Balance is something we have to consistently work on as we age, and finding small ways to incorporate it into your workout will be a huge benefit,” Anderson notes.

5 Daily Exercises To Stay Strong in Your 50s

Pushups

“Pushups are a go-to—you can change your hand positioning, add power with tempo work or make it more achievable by starting on the knees or on a wall,” Anderson explains. “Pushups are deceiving because they aren’t just upper body work. You’ve got a ton of core in there and you can add in movement to include your lower body, too.”

1. Start with a high plank with hands under your shoulders and your body straight.
2. Bend your elbows and lower your chest toward the floor.
3. Maintain a long, straight body as you lower.
4. Press back up, straightening your arms.

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Squats

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1. Stand tall, feet shoulder-width apart on the floor.
2. Extend your arms before you or place your hands on your hips.
3. Bend at the knees and hips to lower into a squat.
4. Descend until your thighs are parallel to the floor.
5. Press through your heels to return to standing.

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Deadlifts

“Changing your foot position, racking the weights in front or back or elevating your heels are all ways to change the angle and workload [of this exercise],” Anderson says.

1. Stand tall, feet hip-width apart, holding a dumbbell in each hand.
2. Bend your knees slightly and hold the weights in front of your thighs.
3. Press your hips back as you lower the dumbbells down your leg. Maintain a straight back as you do so.
4. Squeeze your glutes to stand up tall.

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Plank

1. Place your hands under your shoulders.
2. Press into the pads of your fingers and hug your inner arm toward your armpit.
3. Walk your feet out to hip-width.
4. Engage your abs, squeeze your buttocks, and pull upward through your quads.
5. Hold the position.

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Burpees

1. Stand tall, feet shoulder-width apart.
2. Lower into a squat and place your hands on the ground.
3. Jump your feet back to assume a high plank.
4. Perform a pushup.
5. Jump your feet up toward your hands.
6. Explode upward, reaching both arms overhead.

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