villain, not just simple getting older. The onset of chronic diseases and functional limitations in aging adults can be delayed or if they strike their impact minimized.
We can consider ourselves very lucky, previous generations did not have this knowledge. With new research and ample evidence available to us we can make sure that weakness and frailty does not happen to us.
It’s important to embrace new information, even if it means tossing out old beliefs and familiar ideas to take advantage of this information. You can slow or reverse many of the symptoms associated with aging. Although the fountain of youth still hasn’t be found, something quite close to it has. At the Tufts University exercise lab researchers say that strength training exercise is a potent age eraser. For fighting physical declines associated with aging it is their weapon of choice.
If exercise is so great why aren’t more people doing it? The need for an exercise program for older adults has not been taken seriously until recently, after all, they’re in the “golden years”. They should be “growing old gracefully” (is that idly?) or “taking it easy”.
Many regard it as a waste of time, and perhaps even harmful to an aging body. That way of thinking is no longer acceptable with so much information at our fingertips on the dangers of a sedentary lifestyle. Our level of strength and energy is largely in each of our hands. Mere movement, or “any exercise is good enough”, is not really sufficient if you truly wish to be prepared for your later years. Active strength training exercise is indeed the key to turning back the clock.
The age related declines in muscle mass and strength accelerated by an inactive lifestyle can