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A CSCS coach shares 4 balance exercises after 60 that test your stability, coordination, and lower-body control.

Aging brings on a barrage of changes to the mind and body — all of them seemingly happening at once. This bombardment makes it difficult to measure how well our bodies are holding up to the test of ...