Get Fit, Start Exercising No Matter What Your Age
Many people do not begin to think about things like fitness age until they start to get older. By then, you may feel any damage is done and it is too late to get fit, this is not the case.
Research presented at the May 2014 EuroPRevent meeting in Amsterdam found that men who begin intensive exercise after age 40 get similar benefits to those who started prior to age 30, as well as show several health advantages compared to men who do not exercise.
For instance, both exercise groups, those who started prior to 30 or after age 40 had resting heart rates of about 57 to 58 beats per minute, much lower than the men who did not exercise, who had resting heart rates of about 70 beats per minute.
The exercising men also had higher maximum oxygen uptake (VO2 max) and similar evidence of exercise-related improvements in heart structure and function.
According to study author David Matelot of the French Institute of Health and Medical Research: “…despite biological changes with age, the heart still seems – even at the age of 40, amenable to modification by endurance training.
Starting at the age of 40 does not seem to impair the cardiac benefits… It’s never too late to change your way of life and get more physically active. This will always be beneficial for the heart and well-being. And there’s no need for a high level of training for many hours a week…”
The fact is, if you are fit at 50, you are much more likely to be healthy into your 70s and 80s. And if you are 50 and not fit, you can change that starting today.
In addition to the physical benefits, it will boost your cognitive health as well, as physical exercise has been found to protect against age-related brain changes. Those who exercise the most tend to have the least amount of brain shrinkage over time, and exercise actually causes your brain to grow in size.
Other research shows the following:
1. Even a small amount of exercise may protect the elderly from long-term memory loss and even help reverse some of the effects of aging.
2. Women between the ages of 75 and 85, all of whom had reduced bone mass or full-blown osteoporosis, were able to lower their fall risk with strength training and agility activities.
3. Moderate exercise among those aged 55-75 may cut the risk of developing metabolic syndrome, which increases heart disease and diabetes risk.
4. Among those who started exercising at age 50 and continued for 10 years, the rate of premature death declined dramatically, similar to giving up smoking and mirroring the level seen among fit people who had been working out their entire lives.
5. Compared to those who exercised daily, and often vigorously, sedentary people had a 6X greater risk of dying from heart disease over the course of 15 years.
There is not a pill on earth that can bolster your life expectancy that much.
Eat health, Get fit, Live lively.
Paul Ebeling
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