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Natural Health September 2017

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FITNESS & Weight Loss<br />

In your 20s<br />

you should be<br />

able to...<br />

Run 5km in 30 minutes<br />

Do 20 burpees in a row<br />

Hold a full plank for<br />

one minute<br />

In your<br />

30s you should be<br />

able to...<br />

Run 2km in less than 12 minutes<br />

Hold a plank for 45 seconds<br />

Dead lift more than 50 per cent<br />

of your body weight<br />

In your 40s<br />

you should be<br />

able to...<br />

Sprint for 60 seconds<br />

without stopping<br />

Do 10 push-ups without<br />

stopping<br />

Touch your toes<br />

comfortably with<br />

straight legs<br />

In your<br />

50s you should be<br />

able to...<br />

Run at a moderate pace for 60<br />

seconds without stopping<br />

Do five burpees without stopping<br />

Lower yourself into a cross-legged<br />

position on the floor without<br />

using your hands, and then<br />

return to standing<br />

In your<br />

60s you should be<br />

able to...<br />

Regularly take more than 10,000<br />

steps in a day<br />

Do 12 body weight squats<br />

without stopping<br />

Touch your fingertips with one<br />

hand over your shoulder and<br />

the other behind your<br />

back<br />

In your<br />

70s you should be<br />

able to...<br />

Walk 1.5km in less than 15 minutes<br />

Climb a flight of stairs with 10 steps<br />

in under 30 seconds comfortably<br />

Rise to stand from a chair without<br />

using your hands or arms, and<br />

repeat at least 12 times in<br />

30 seconds.<br />

<strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Health</strong> * <strong>September</strong> <strong>2017</strong> VOL 83<br />

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