Are You Doing Enough Activity to Keep Your Health?

Are You Doing Enough Activity to Keep Your Health?
By Carolyn Hansen

When people grow older and if they have been inactive or sedentary over the year's five serious things happen to them. Their muscles shrivel and become weaker, bone mass dwindles, oxygen capacity declines (transfer of oxygen to the bodies cells) and the fat on their body increases (even if the scales stay the same).

These changes nibble away at their quality of life and get worse creating more negative changes that add on as each year passes. Health is pushed into a downward spiral and it becomes harder just to do the everyday tasks and activities. Ones energy level is siphoned away as well leaving lack of motivation and desire to remain active so ones world becomes much smaller.

One of the biggest changes along with the loss of muscle mass and strength the entire body and its systems become weaker including the immune system. This is mainly because of the protein that keeps this system strong is stored in the muscles. When muscle tissue is lost these stores dwindle as well.

If the immune system becomes weakened the likelihood of disease increases which could put ones life at risk. We used to think our disease risk increased because of the aging process but now we know it is not because of that but simply the lack of proper exercise. Nasty diseases are epidemic in our world and include the 'big three' heart disease, cancer and diabetes which are expected to kill 88 million people in the next decade.

These killers are called 'lifestyle' diseases as they are caused by how you live. For example living a life without enough muscle building and toning exercise to get and remain healthy. These awful diseases are preventable; you do not need to get them.

You cannot stop the ticking clock as we all grow older each day but you can fight back and slow to a very large extent the undesirable changes in your body. The loss of muscle tissue at the rate of one half pound every year can be halted with a proper exercise program mostly made up of strength training exercise.

Just 2-3 sessions per week are all that is needed but it is important that your program is set up correctly by a fitness professional and you perform it correctly. Strength training can reverse or prevent the five fundamental changes that happen if we are not doing what we need to keep our muscles and bones strong and resilient.

We seem to have forgotten our human bodies are meant to be active - very active. This movement stimulates the hormones that tell our body to repair, replace and renew our cells as they wear out. Without the stimulation of muscle movement the body is set into 'shutdown' mode and on a path of decay.

Strength training exercise is necessary for everyone as there is no longer enough physical 'work' in our daily lives to keep us healthy and strong. It will help you keep your oxygen capacity, keep away surplus body fat and keep your muscles and bones in good health.

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Carolyn Hansen is a certified fitness expert and fitness center owner who coaches clients to look and feel younger. In her nearly 30 years of fitness and bodybuilding competition experience she has helped thousands of people start their journey towards being strong, fit and youthful at any age.

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