Exercise for Seniors produces Positive Changes

Hippocrates said it best when it comes to discussing exercise for seniors, “All parts of the body which have a function, if used in moderation and exercised become hereby healthy and well developed and age slowly; but if unused and left idle, they become liable to disease, defective, and age quickly.”

The main purpose of Exercise for Seniors is to produce a positive change. In order to accomplish this positive change, all of us, whether young and not so young can consider participating in progressive strength training program (with clearance from your physician). Positive changes may be in the form of increased muscle mass; increased durability in the joints; increased bone mass; increased metabolic rates; reduction in body fat.

Progressive strength training is the single most productive form of exercise capable of producing the most noticeable physical change. Why? Because when exercise for seniors is performed properly, the muscles respond to the progressive strength training by becoming stronger during regular strength training workouts as your increase (1) your resistance (weights) and (2) your intensity of effort.

There are three key factors in proper exercise for seniors accomplished by progressive strength training:

First-Increasing the intensity of effort

Second-Increasing the recovery phase

Third- Reducing in the amount of exercise

Positive results in your exercise for seniors program will occur by increasing your intensity of effort and your recovery phase. These two factors actually work together to affect your positive results in your strength training program. On the other hand, most seniors don’t understand that by reducing your amount of exercise while increasing intensity of effort will also produce that positive affect in exercise for seniors. They may think that they need to “play catch up” and do more exercises in the exercise for seniors workout or add on another extra strength training workout during the week. This is counter-productive and will produce either no positive results or quite often, negative results. So if you think more exercise will achieve positive results faster-you won’t achieve your fitness objectives. Instead you will wear out your joints and may actually reduce your muscle mass with more exercise and less recover or rest so limit those workouts to 2 or 3 progressive strength training workouts a week.

Seniors can receive positive results from you exercise for seniors program in less than 60 minutes per week in 2 or 3 workouts by participating in a progressive proper strength training program. Obtain a clearance from your physician and then get on the right path to enhance your Quality of Life!

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