Submitted by journey gym on Mon, 03/01/2010
It is never too late to start exercising but most of us, unless actively involved in sport, don’t really bother until we see or feel the signs that our bodies are deteriorating. Research shows that men and women lose more than five pounds of muscle every decade of life due to disuse (Evans and Rosenberg 1992). So, if you gain an average of 10 pounds a decade while losing 5 pounds in muscle mass, you are gaining 15 pounds of fat every decade.
All that fat has great negative impacts on your heart health, your metabolism, your endurance, and your ability to turn it around.
So it is simply not good enough to think that a weekend round of golf, an hour of tennis, or a brisk walk to the office each morning will keep a trim body. Everyone needs to retain muscle mass through strength training. No matter how you feel about resistance bands, dumbbells, or weight machines, building muscle provides overall tone, increased metabolism, maintained or improved bone density, more energy, and overall better health.
How do some people seem to stay young and fit while others seemingly age faster than their years?
Genes does play a role, but a large part of staying young is the determination not to let age get the best of them. If you haven’t started a good exercise regime by your early thirties, it is going to be increasingly difficult to retain good body health and vitality.
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No matter how it is hard for you (or me) to get moving, the benefits are outstanding and well worth it. So before you push your workout off to tomorrow, read and remember these five ways to stay motivated:
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