Healthy Lifting for the Fifty and Over Crowd
As we know, our muscles, joints, and bones age the same as we do. This promotes the question if it is safe for people fifty and over to engage in physical activity, such as weight lifting. Research has shown that a toned down lift can slow down the effects of aging and promote good health.
The effect aging has on the body is enormous; including a slower metabolic rate, tissue deterioration, and loss of muscle. Keeping active throughout one’s life has proven to reduce the likelihood of disease and some of harmful effects of aging. Excessive amounts of inactivity, however, induce these effects.
Have you ever noticed that athletes, more specifically professional athletes, age slower than the average person? The reason for this is that although their professional career is over, they have continued lifting weights and training on a regular basis.
Some studies have even shown that mild weightlifting at older ages helps the skin stay firm, reduces problems like diabetes or arthritis, and in people as old as 80 eighty even experienced less aches and pains.
As we know, our muscles, joints, and bones age the same as we do. This promotes the question if it is safe for people fifty and over to engage in physical activity, such as weight lifting. Research has shown that a toned down lift can slow down the effects of aging and promote good health.
The effect aging has on the body is enormous; including a slower metabolic rate, tissue deterioration, and loss of muscle. Keeping active throughout one’s life has proven to reduce the likelihood of disease and some of harmful effects of aging. Excessive amounts of inactivity, however, induce these effects.
Have you ever noticed that athletes, more specifically professional athletes, age slower than the average person? The reason for this is that although their professional career is over, they have continued lifting weights and training on a regular basis.
Some studies have even shown that mild weightlifting at older ages helps the skin stay firm, reduces problems like diabetes or arthritis, and in people as old as 80 eighty even experienced less aches and pains.
