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7. Why Strength Training is a Must as we Age

- December 05, 2020

Lifting for Longevity Why is it important to lift weights? Apart from building strong muscles, the benefits include burning body fat, strengthening joints and bones, reducing the risk of injury and improving heart health. To lift safely, it is very important to start slowly, take rest days and make sure that you are lifting with good posture (form). Two or three 20 to 30 minute strength sessions every week can result in significant health benefits. Increased Muscle mass: Our muscle mass decreases drastically as we age and strength training can help to reverse this natural tendency. Strong Bones: Strength training increases bone density and helps prevent fractures Joint Flexibility: Lifting weights keeps our joints supple and can help prevent the onset of arthritis Weight Control: As we build more muscle, our bodies burn calories a lot easier enabling us to maintain or lose weight. Improves Balance: Strengthening exercises increase flexibility and balance, preventing falls and redu

Food and Optimum Health

- May 10, 2020

Food and Optimum Health - What You Really Need to Know What do we need to eat to be healthy? Which diet is the best to follow? What is classed as a balanced diet? What's a macro? Should we eat less carbs and more fat? How much protein do I need? What is a carb anyway? So many questions.....too much information..... where to start? Poor nutritional choices, no matter how physically active you are, have a very negative impact on your overall health. Health......a word aired into just about everything we do. Health by definition is "being of optimal bodily system function and an absence of disease" so ultimately this is all we need from the food we put into our bodies. The saying "we are what we eat" is in fact true. Nutrition effects us at a cellular level hence why bad food choices can lead to a wide range of avoidable illnesses such as obesity and type II diabetes Food and Optimum Health - Understanding Healthy Food Habits A good guideline to adop

A Healthy Life Style

- May 09, 2020

Living a Healthy Life Style Why do we need to Exercise Exercise helps us to either loose or maintain a healthy weight and lower the risk of certain diseases. Exercising regularly lowers a person's risk of developing obesity, type 2 diabetes, and high blood pressure to name but a few. Exercise can help us age well too. Regular physical activity can improve your muscle strength and boost your endurance. Exercise delivers oxygen and nutrients to your tissues and helps your cardiovascular system work more efficiently. And when your heart and lung health improve, you have more energy to tackle daily chores. These are some of the benefits of regular exercise and having read the first two paragraphs you now feel motivated to start an exercise regime straight away right? Yes you do, you are really enthusiastic and ready to start!!!!! However feeling motivated after reading the positives of exercise and actually starting that "plan of action" is not all that easy........

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