The pursuit of the fountain of youth is now widespread and mainstream. Gone are the days when only models, rich people, and Hollywood stars worried about aging. It has become a global obsession as witnessed by the massive increase in cosmetic surgery, treatments, pills and injections. Nips, tucks, tidy ups of all sorts are commonplace as anyone over 30 wants to keep looking as youthful as possible.
Many of these people are spending big bucks yet the most aging of changes is right under their noses but many people are lazy and think they can slow down the aging process by merely spending money and not having to exert themselves in any way. But this is not so.
The very first bio-marker of the aging process is muscle tissue loss, We have all seen people who look way younger than their years and who are aging well, they are well muscled and this muscle add a youthfulness no surgery in the world can ever give. Some of the many anti-aging benefits of having toned muscle include:
• Makes you appear younger by stimulating your ‘growth and repair’ hormones
• Keeps you trim by boosting metabolism (your bodies engine)
• Decrease risk of bone fractures by keeping bones strong
• Decrease risk of disease by strengthening the immune system
• Prevent chronic back pain by building surrounding supportive tissues
• Increases energy levels to fit more into your day easier
• Be more rested with less sleep
• Reduce stress levels and become happier
If you choose not to work your muscles as you get older you are going to get old much quicker than you need too. You will lose one half pound of muscle tissue each year and this rate doubles after age 50. No amount of surgery or doctors of any kind can make up for this loss as it will drag your health down with it whether you like it or not.
To get these anti-aging benefits you will need to do proper exercise. That is activity that takes your major muscle groups through their full ranges of movement under a load. No amount of long slow recreational activity is ever going to tone your muscles properly.
Keep those activities for after you have done your proper program if you wish to slow the aging process. Muscles have to be challenged to get them to release the ‘growth and repair’ hormones that give you the youthfulness that everyone wants.
A walk or a bit of gardening is never going to cut it for this. Those things are just part of an active lifestyle but should never be used to try and replace a proper exercise program as you will be very disappointed in the results.
The health of your muscle tissue is everything as you get older. You will not keep it unless you work it and when you do with proper exercise you will be rewarded with anti-aging benefits you will scarcely believe. You will have fewer illnesses and diseases, better mental function, will be stronger and more energetic, be protected from aches and pains and other so called age related ailments.
Get yourself some help from a fitness professional at your local gym or fitness center and get yourself started today. You will wonder why you did not get yourself going years ago when you discover the magic of strength training exercise.
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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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