Baby boomers everywhere will not be aging quietly. Instead of sitting on a chair watching life go by they will be continuing to pursue dynamic, active lives well into old age and beyond. They will want to look and feel good, and good means youthful at whatever the age. They watched their parents weaken and suffer in their later years and they will go to great lengths to make sure the same fate does not happen to them.
Throughout the reign of their generation they have never been ones to sit back and watch things happen. They are hard workers with high values that made things happen. They rebelled against tradition and have continued to make up their own set of rules placing their own distinctive stamp on global culture and in the face of aging it will be no different.
Baby boomers fueled the fitness revolution, as 20-somethings in the 1970′s they discovered jogging. In the 1980′s and 90′s it was jazzercise and aerobics with Jane Fonda and Richard Symonds. Not surprising then that baby boomers are now stepping up to get started on strength training programs at health clubs and gyms all over the world as they have heard it will help them stay younger.
They will need to stay strong, fit and healthy as experts predict a baby boomer can expect to live into his/her 90′s and beyond. Whether or not those years are “golden” depends a lot on what he/she is doing today to prepare for them. To still be active and functional the health span will need to match the increased life span.
It is not just be accident that this will happen. The right exercise program needs to be in place and performed several times per week. The program should be made up of mostly strength training exercise to keep the most important factor that will make aging easier – muscle strength.
Don’t be misled into believing that any other form of activity can replace strength building exercise. No aerobic activity like walking, jogging or cycling can ever come close to toning or re-building muscle tissue. So, don’t waste your time and energy on ineffective, old fashioned exercise methods.
