Why Exercising as You Age Becomes More Important and Challenging

re: Why Exercising as You Age Becomes More Important and Challenging

Debi_203 — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:02:03 GMT

I've been lifting weights for 22 years. The weights have no idea how old I am or how old anyone else is. The owner of the gym is over 70, and he still has a 500lb deadlift, a 400lb squat, and a 300lb bench press! He eats healthy food and is completely drug free. No one can tell me they are too old to lift weights.

re: Why Exercising as You Age Becomes More Important and Challenging

Nat — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:49:03 GMT

Sadly, most people think that good health is merely the absence of disease and give little thought to nutrition and lifestyle until something goes wrong. The sooner people realise that we are each resposnsible for our own health, the better off we will be - individually and as a society. There is simply no replacement for optimum nutrition and a sensible exerise regime. I am fifty seven and still surf, ride a mountain bike, rock climb and train; although not as often as I would like. The good news is that I am not alone.

re: Why Exercising as You Age Becomes More Important and Challenging

Vera_203 — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:16:11 GMT

I will agree that the proper diet and loads of cardio and weight training have made me a younger woman. It just amazes me more and more everyday. I had a bad upset concerning my health and it made me wake up and take control of the situation. Even my eyesight has improved, the doc was puzzled. hehe.

re: Why Exercising as You Age Becomes More Important and Challenging

Jessica Adlin — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:36:11 GMT

Aging is a funny phenomenon. It isn't quite clear yet what is an unavoidable part of aging or just a part of living a nutrient-poor, sedendary lifestyle for a long time! The more we discover...it isn't the the number of years that ages us, but the way we live them!

Regular physical activity is essential for optimal health. Having a exercise program is great, but we have become so "efficient" that we just don't need to move much throughout the day. I say, we need to figure out ways to become "inefficient" in our movement...

some not-so novel ideas...but it is a start:
park at the far end of the parking lot- don't look for the closest spot!
take the stairs instead of the elevator
hang your wash outside to dry, rather than use the dryer
walk or bike to the corner store, leave the car at home.
take the bus and get of two stops before your destination and walk the rest of the way.
being active needs to be part of our lifestyle not just a 30 minute or so break in an otherwise sedendary day...move those bones!

Seek health-

Jess

re: Why Exercising as You Age Becomes More Important and Challenging

mmc88121 — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:28:54 GMT

Think of exercise of a fountain of youth that does not have to cost very much except a good pair of shoes. Along with eating the correct foods for your body type.

mmc88121

re: Why Exercising as You Age Becomes More Important and Challenging

Josh Rubin — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:06:20 GMT

I can't over emphasize the importance of the foundation principles that I have put out here before. It does not matter what age you are at. I have helped some complicated cases just with these simple principles below. I agree with the above article and it does come down to the efficiency of the mitochondria, but their efficiency is affected by our lifestyle and nutritional habits= oxidants and stress!

1. Sleep: 10-6am
2. Water: half you body weight in ounces per day
3. Organic foods for your MT
4. Exercise; right type and amount
5. Think right: these ripple through your body and can affect your spirit, as well as your physiology. Some quatum physicists say that every thought makes it around the world 7 times in 1 second!

re: Why Exercising as You Age Becomes More Important and Challenging

Russ Bianchi — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:24:11 GMT

I cannot over emphasize the need for regular low impact exercise for everyone, particularly in this day and age, when our life styles find us sitting too long in commuter traffic, at the keyboards of computers, watching too much television (eliminate this one from your life if at all possible and particulary from your kids - along with video games), sitting in restaurants with over portioned quantities typically offered (order one entre for two people), etc.

America is an AGING society, with over 87 million, of 300+ million in population, of the baby boomer generation.

Along with low impact regular exercise, that is FREE (like walking), do not forget your DAILY veggies, whole fresh fruits, and try to reduce any intake of refined carbohydrates, processed and packaged food or beverages, and as the old saying goes: USE IT OR LOSE IT.

re: Why Exercising as You Age Becomes More Important and Challenging

Lloyd Fielder D.C. — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:50:20 GMT

Sometimes it makes it a lot easier if we simply think of Moving. Movement is a major key to life and if you think about it the ultimate stillness is death.

Exercise while an appropriate term might seem like a lot of work to some and if you are not resposible with your emotions it can make it more challenging than it needs to be.

Movement to most does not appear to carry the emotional weight that the term exercise does. There are many ways to move such as walking, bouncing, skipping, dancing, stairclimbing,etc.....Just start to move!

re: Keep Exercising as You Get Older

uncleandy — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:48:45 GMT

My wife is type two diabetic and I have Atrial Fibrilation.Five years ago we started watching our diet and joined an exercise program.My doctor cannot figure out how I have remained so active without pills he would like me to be on.The wife gets the same story from her doctor.I really wonder if doctors understand anything about proper nutrition and exercise.

re: Keep Exercising as You Get Older

enzo — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:25:24 GMT

Exercise does not have to be extremely vigorous to be beneficial at any age. The important thing is to be active. Walk, stretch, breath fully…and lose the remote. Simply go through a wide range of physical motion utilizing as many body parts as possible.

Keep the old ricking chair as a porch decoration for your potted plants, not for planting your pot-belly and ample butt.