Exercise
Exercise
Strategy: Exercise to Stay Strong for Life; Refuse to Grow Weak!
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Weight Training For Seniors: A Beginning Guide
Frank's Comments: Pretty basic stuff - read if you've never done this before. So you've made the decision that you're tired of sitting on the couch all day and letting your body to squander away and your bones to get more brittle . You're ready to do something! Weight...
Massive Muscles Made Easy
How To Grow Big Muscle So you want to grow big muscles and who can blame you because once you have achieved your goal and achieved the body you are striving for just think of all the admiration and respect you are going to get for having the discipline and...
BODYBUILDING.COM – A Powerful Resource for Learning about Weight Training and Bodybuilding Supplements.
Bodybuilding.com is one of the top information sites on the internet, and we wanted to give you some hints about using it to full advantage for improving your health and workout results. To put this website in perspective for the Senior working to build strength and...
Training in muscle power improves the functional capacity and quality of life of elderly people
By Mª Isabel Solana GarcÃa Frank's Comments: Every time the medical world decides to revisit this idea of rebuilding old people's muscles with weight training, they seem to come away amazed that it works so well. It works - every time! At any age, we can recover...
Keeping Seniors Fit: How Health Care Professionals Can Assist Older Adults to Avoid Sarcopenia
By Becky Dorner Health care professionals who care for older adults can help prevent and treat Sarcopeni Approximately 45% of the older adults in the U.S. are affected by sarcopenia, the progressive loss of muscle mass, function, quality, and strength driven by the...
The Benefits of a Low Impact Elliptical Trainer Workout For Seniors
By Fred Waters In recent years elliptical trainers have grown in popularity. In fact, if you go to your local health club you will probably see as many ellipticals and you will treadmills. They are particularly getting popular with individuals who are 50 years old and...
Belly Fat May Hit Your Heart the Hardest
By Steven Reinberg Frank's Comments: OK - this is yet another article backing the idea that the fastest way to beat metabolic syndrome and type-II diabetes is to build muscle while relearning how to eat correctly for true health. What is needed is a serious, high...
What Is Yoga? Classes, Studios And Styles For Beginners
By keekee lee What is yoga and how do you get started with it? How do you choose from so many styles, studioes, classes and levels out there now. If you are new to yoga and wanting to learn the basic of the poses then consider taking a class for beginners. There are...
Tips to Overcome Testosterone Decline
By John Andrews Many men who have reached the prime of their life encounter insufficient testosterone levels. Commonly referred to as andropause or male menopause, low testosterone is very common and can have some unwanted effects if left untreated. A reduced body...
Top Strategies for Extending Health and Fitness into Old-age
Let's do a roundup of the top strategies for extending health and fitness into advanced age; it is a good thing to review what we know works on a periodic basis. Here are two numbered lists of the DON'Ts and DOs to help the average human to a long and healthy life. I...
Our body is a demand-driven, adaptable, self-repairing system that requires movement and muscular activity to maintain optimal function.
Aging is very much like a longer version of being bedridden. Slowly, over decades, the same decreases in capability occur AND the antidote is the same: MOVEMENT. Start moving and your ability to move will improve. Walk, run, dance, stretch, lift weights, play games that require physical motion, and the losses due to aging will reverse.
Along with this improved ability to move, many other changes take place. Blood sugar levels will regulate downward and remain more even, stored fat will be reduced, insulin sensitivity will improve, blood pressure will come down and your heart will get stronger. Your vascular system will actually start building collateral arteries around blocked vessels, improving blood flow to your heart and other organs. The body’s repair mechanisms speed up, things heal faster, the immune system gets stronger; you get sick less often and you recover more quickly from virtually every malady.
So, lie on the couch, watch TV, drink beer and eat potato chips with all your spare time and the disabilities of aging will overtake you like a Mongol army. You’ve seen the stories of the 92 year old Chinese (or whatever country) man or woman, still tending the rice paddy, wondering what all the fuss is over being that old. They still ride a bike to work and enjoy life with their family five generations deep. The primary difference is that they never stopped moving.
Under this category we discuss and explain the most effective forms of exercise practiced these days. Some are significantly better than others for restoring or maintaining strength and fitness in seniors.