subject: There Will Be 'tears At Bedtime' If We Continue To Live No Proper Exercise Lifestyles [print this page] There Will Be 'tears At Bedtime' If We Continue To Live No Proper Exercise Lifestyles
If there is an anti-aging pill, it has to be proper exercise as it can slow the aging process. Exercise helps maintain vital hormones, increases circulation which improves the utilization and the uptake of nutrients from the food we eat and improves oxygen transfer right down at cellular level where it really matters. These things make you younger - not just a little bit younger - but a whole lot younger on every level. But exercise is not magic. It is work - physical work that we are built for but our modern-day lifestyles have removed as we prefer to take it 'easy' and have it 'comfortable'. We avoid virtually every activity now-a-days that requires any physical effort on our part. In fact we spend up to 80 percent of our day sitting. When we live these inactive lifestyles as much as 50 percent of our muscle tissue can disappear before we reach the age of eighty. When there is a decrease in muscle tissue less heat can be generated and there is less potential to burn fat.Less muscle also means immune weakness which can place you at greater disease risk, fatigue problems and a greater susceptibility to injury. A decrease in thigh width is apparent by age thirty along with less muscle firmness, less density and increased fat within the muscles.These losses are called "biomarkers" of aging. It means there is a loss of lean body mass along with a loss of muscular strength, important 'growth and repair' hormones, the ability to control blood sugar levels, and a decrease in brain function. Body fat also increases along with insulin levels and stress hormones.But the good news is the premature wasting of functional lean muscle tissue can be prevented and we can even gain it back. In order to stop the body from changing from its strong, firm, youthful state to a soft flabby one, we have to engage in a proper strength training exercise program. Strength training is the only way to increase the lean muscle tissue and all-over body strength that you lose when you are not active enough and just 2-3 sessions each week are needed. Make sure you change the exercises you do regularly as your body adapts to them and progress slows. Almost every single we do on a day-to-day basis requires muscle strength so protecting it is the highest self health care we can give ourselves. If you do not already have a strength training program firmly in your life take action and get one, if you already do - fantastic. It is not a good idea to live life now without a thought to the future as it leaves us at risk of needing doctors and medical care when the wheels fall off. Think of your exercise program as preventative medicine and the only medicine you will need to take to make sure your health span matches your life span.
