By [http://EzineArticles.com/expert/V_Landry/2450418] V
Landry
Seventy (70) is the new Forty (40). To a lot of you that
sounds like a lot of BS, as you sit there with aches and pains in places you
never knew you had. I'm 70 so I know what you're feeling. As we age our
metabolism slows down, muscle mass shrinks and our hormones and neurological
responses decline. However, those facts being what they are, recent studies at
the Center for Exercise Medicine at the University of Alabama ( Role Tide) for
you Bama Fans, have in fact verified the statement, that seventy (70) is the
new forty (40). Several of their studies show that muscle growth and strength
can be achieved by us Baby Boomers, or seniors if you will. The key is
consistent effort. If you put forth that effort to exercise consistently and
follow a fitness scheme you will see results. I'm not suggesting that you try
to bench press New Jersey and run a Forrest Gump marathon, but that you follow
a fitness schemes that consists of at least thirty (30) minutes three times a
week. To see results might take a little longer, to achieve, but the studies
indicate if you're consistent the results will be the same as when you were in
your forties. I don't know about you but I'd rather have a physique of a well-toned
person in their forties then a muscle sagging person in the seventies or
beyond.
