Although many of us do not believe it we each have a choice about how we age. We can remain strong and active with all the moving parts moving well and our mind sharp as a tack. We can make it so we hardly ever experience as much as a sniffle much less a chronic disease and we can have the vitality, energy and vigor to live an awesome last third of life filled with exciting pursuits.
Or would it be preferable to plan your schedule around doctor's appointments or your life is planted in front of the television and sitting around watching life go by unable to fully engage in the things you enjoy?
The answer is obvious we all want to keep as much of our health, vigor and youthfulness for as long as possible certainly well into our later years. A mountain of evidence suggests that proper strengthening exercise can prevent or reverse up to more than half of the physical decline normally associated with getting older. And this can mean the difference between an active enjoyable life and one filled with health problems.
After we reach our mid 20's without enough proper exercise to keep them strong our bodies begin a long and gradual degenerative process. The main problem is the loss of precious muscle tissue at the rate of one half pound per year and this rate doubles after the age of 50.
This loss is the number one bio-marker of the aging process and is essentially the same thing that happens to an arm or leg that has been immobilized in a cast. Cardio or endurance activity does not prevent this disuse atrophy in our muscles - only direct loading of the muscles with adequate resistance can retain or rebuild lost strength.
This means the 'Fountain of Strength' is really within each of us. Our body's have amazing regenerative powers which can only be tapped into through vigorous physical activity. A proper strength training exercise program is a major step against the rigors of the aging process and is something we each have easy access to.
There is a very good chance that most of us will live longer than our ancestors. But what good is it to add years to our life, if there is no life in our years? When we let our body become weak all of our body's systems weaken as well. This includes the immune system which is our protection from disease so its strength is vital the older we get.
Your strength training program will give you the power and ability to keep your body and mind in peak condition, birthday after birthday. Just 2-3 sessions each week are all that is needed it is so effective. We all want to live a long healthy life doing things that we love to do and strength training is the way you can keep doing that - there is no other way.
Or would it be preferable to plan your schedule around doctor's appointments or your life is planted in front of the television and sitting around watching life go by unable to fully engage in the things you enjoy?
The answer is obvious we all want to keep as much of our health, vigor and youthfulness for as long as possible certainly well into our later years. A mountain of evidence suggests that proper strengthening exercise can prevent or reverse up to more than half of the physical decline normally associated with getting older. And this can mean the difference between an active enjoyable life and one filled with health problems.
After we reach our mid 20's without enough proper exercise to keep them strong our bodies begin a long and gradual degenerative process. The main problem is the loss of precious muscle tissue at the rate of one half pound per year and this rate doubles after the age of 50.
This loss is the number one bio-marker of the aging process and is essentially the same thing that happens to an arm or leg that has been immobilized in a cast. Cardio or endurance activity does not prevent this disuse atrophy in our muscles - only direct loading of the muscles with adequate resistance can retain or rebuild lost strength.
This means the 'Fountain of Strength' is really within each of us. Our body's have amazing regenerative powers which can only be tapped into through vigorous physical activity. A proper strength training exercise program is a major step against the rigors of the aging process and is something we each have easy access to.
There is a very good chance that most of us will live longer than our ancestors. But what good is it to add years to our life, if there is no life in our years? When we let our body become weak all of our body's systems weaken as well. This includes the immune system which is our protection from disease so its strength is vital the older we get.
Your strength training program will give you the power and ability to keep your body and mind in peak condition, birthday after birthday. Just 2-3 sessions each week are all that is needed it is so effective. We all want to live a long healthy life doing things that we love to do and strength training is the way you can keep doing that - there is no other way.
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Carolyn Hansen is a certified fitness expert and fitness center owner who in her nearly 30 years of fitness and bodybuilding competition experience she has helped thousands of people start their journey towards losing weight, becoming strong, fit and youthful at any age.
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Carolyn Hansen is a certified fitness expert and fitness center owner who in her nearly 30 years of fitness and bodybuilding competition experience she has helped thousands of people start their journey towards losing weight, becoming strong, fit and youthful at any age.
Sign up for her free newsletter on Weight Loss Tips http://FitnessWeightloss.com and get her free report "Discover 'Secrets' That Most People Will Never Know About To Really Lose Weight".
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