When it comes to keeping your body healthy and active, there is no age limit. You need exercising as a non-negotiable part of your life as it builds the foundation for a healthy brain and body. Especially when you are over 50, the focus on exercise is not about aesthetics. It is about longevity and avoidance of pain. Exercising is important when you are over 50 because you need to be able to do everyday tasks without that feeling of sharp pain running through your body as soon as you leave the bed. Or the risk of heart diseases, or even minor falls that lead to injuries due to low bone desnsity.

Here are some of the best workout exercises for women over 50 that you can start doing today itself. Yes, at your home. Yes, without any weights. Starting with your bodyweight is more than enough.

This is an outstanding compound functional movement that helps in building lower body strength while engaging the core. Squats target quadriceps, glutes, and hamstrings in the lower body. You can initially begin with body weight squats and once you perfect the form you can add in some weights or resistance bands.

Next comes your upper body that is in need of strength as well. Push ups are the perfect exercise that help build upper body strength and engage the core as well. This movement works your chest, shoulders, and triceps. You can start by doing wall or chair push ups, and then once you are stable you can go in for a full push up.

The best core exercise to exist is plank. You can do it wherever, whenever. It also helps in building outstanding upper body strength and works your deep core muscles. Planks also help in working muscles that support your lower back, pelvis and spine.

You need a strong back to live a fuller life and rows help you get to that. This exercise helps in improving your posture while being an amazing functional move that works the back muscles while engaging the arms, shoulders and core for stability.

Last but not the least we have lunges, a single leg movement that is excellent for maintaining balance and boosting agility. Lunges also work well for those who are runners, walkers or those who enjoy or would want to do Pilates. It is an exercise that works the glutes, hamstrings, and quads.

To start off with, you can do 3 sets of every exercise with 10-12 reps each. As you go on, try and add some weights or resistance to build strength overtime.