16 March 2006

Now is the best time to start thinking about fitness

You’ve worked hard for everything you have, and now you finally have time to enjoy it. Don’t let your physical fitness hold you back. If you are out of shape, or have put on a bit of extra pounds, now is the time to start a fitness routine to feel healthy and revitalize the energy you might have thought was gone forever.

From the English women’s magazine Saga, the article It’s Never Too Late - How exercise prolongs active life and why now is the right time to get going :
“It may feel natural to slow down a little as you grow older, but the reality is that after the age of 50, we need more exercise, not less. This is because exercise is the way to slow the decline in muscle strength that accelerates as we grow older.

Those who lead a sedentary lifestyle run serious risks of damaging their health in many ways. Being inactive means running a higher risk of developing obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, osteoporosis and depression. But by the same token, research clearly shows that even moderate amounts of physical activity have enormous health benefits, not just for the body, but for the mind too.

And it’s never too late to start. Even people in their 80s and 90s have been shown to regain muscle strength and mobility by regular, gentle exercise.”

The secret of weight loss is that muscles burn calories 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. When your body is fit it naturally burns more calories, keeping you slim and trim and feeling your best.

Now is the best time to start thinking about fitness

You’ve worked hard for everything you have, and now you finally have time to enjoy it. Don’t let your physical fitness hold you back. If you are out of shape, or have put on a bit of extra pounds, now is the time to start a fitness routine to feel healthy and revitalize the energy you might have thought was gone forever.

From the English women’s magazine Saga, the article It’s Never Too Late - How exercise prolongs active life and why now is the right time to get going :
“It may feel natural to slow down a little as you grow older, but the reality is that after the age of 50, we need more exercise, not less. This is because exercise is the way to slow the decline in muscle strength that accelerates as we grow older.

Those who lead a sedentary lifestyle run serious risks of damaging their health in many ways. Being inactive means running a higher risk of developing obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, osteoporosis and depression. But by the same token, research clearly shows that even moderate amounts of physical activity have enormous health benefits, not just for the body, but for the mind too.

And it’s never too late to start. Even people in their 80s and 90s have been shown to regain muscle strength and mobility by regular, gentle exercise.”

The secret of weight loss is that muscles burn calories 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. When your body is fit it naturally burns more calories, keeping you slim and trim and feeling your best.