Let’s Slow Down The Ageing Process
Although getting older chronologically is inevitable it is possible to slow the process down so that you do not age as rapidly as is considered as normal. Most of the visual signs of aging can be put down to under using the body. The outward signs, sagging muscles, and the more important signs such as hardening of the arteries, small lung capacity etc. can all be slowed down or even not allowed to happen if you carry out a sensible exercise regime.
As we get older gravity pulls our muscles downwards and compresses the spine, but even this can be slowed down by taking toning and shaping exercises. This is why it is important to take measures early. Most of us, because of modern technology, spend much more time indoors sitting than our parents and grandparents did. Because of this technology there is now much more processed food available. If we are to slow down the ageing process we must start at a young age. Through exercise and a good diet it is possible for a person to actually “become biologically younger” in that they can improve fitness and extend their longevity, and in the process can also look good. If that’s not a good reason for taking up exercise I don’t know what is.
This is not just wishful thinking. Tests have been taken on sedentary people that have been put on exercise programmes and the results have been remarkable. The most encouraging thing to me was that not only did physical powers improve but logical reasoning and mental functioning improved also.
Every one, but especially women lose bone mass as they get older. In one study researchers found that of 200 women over 35 that had exercised regularly showed about half the decrease in bone size than those that hadn’t exercised.
It is the unfairness of this world that some people are going to find it easier to maintain their youthful appearance than others. The biggest problem is that it seems to be easier to put on weight as we get older. Even the naturally skinny people can find their arms going soft and saggy, or even a pot on their belly. Under worked muscles, whether we are naturally thin or bulky tend to go soft flabby and slack. Also unfairly the endomorph, who tends towards putting on weight easily, must be even more diligent in carrying out an exercise programme. This does not mean that the rest are in for an easy ride. As age catches up the advantages of the more fortunate somatotypes progressively erode.
Between the ages of 30 and 70 we can expect to loose 20 to 30 per cent of our joint flexibility. Studies have shown that elderly people taking up an exercise programme increased their knee joint flexibility by 12 per cent, and their ankle flexibility by 48 per cent. As you get older it is logical to think less in terms of building muscle mass, but to concentrate on building flexibility and exercising the heart and lungs. If you have been exercising for years and have a good level of fitness there is no reason why you shouldn’t continue with a general fitness course throughout your lifetime. Just as you get older think of the priorities.
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