Seniors, I implore you to stop these 5 exercises that are slowly damaging your heart

If you are over 60, every movement can have a direct impact on your heart. Some popular exercises, which you thought were beneficial to your health, could actually be silently damaging your heart every day.

1. High-intensity interval training (HIIT): a silent threat

After 60, your heart is no longer the same as the one that served you in your youth. It is more fragile, more vulnerable, and much less tolerant of extremes. This is why high-intensity interval training can be one of the most dangerous forms of exercise for older adults.

These trendy workouts put sudden and intense strain on a heart that may already be weakened by high blood pressure, arrhythmias, or hardening of the arteries. When you push yourself to the extreme, your heart is forced to pump harder and faster than it can safely handle.

The most worrying thing is that the damage isn’t always immediate. The heart weakens silently, blood pressure gradually rises, and electrical rhythms become unstable. You might feel a little dizzy or more tired, which you could attribute to aging, but inside, your heart is sounding a red flag.