How Can Older's Improve Their Health Through Exercise
RESISTANCE EXERCISE: A MUST FOR OLDER'S ... Resistance exercise has already been documented as beneficial to muscle health of course, but also to bone health, it also helps prevent the risk of certain diseases, including type 2 diabetes. This Michigan Medicine study tells us why and how resistance training is essential for the health of the elderly, evidence from the literature to support it. Yet, for many older people, resistance exercise is not a part of everyday life. One of the reasons why very few seniors see themselves living as 100 years old is that the majority of them associate old age with physical and cognitive decline, loss of autonomy and poor quality of life, explains the lead author, Dr. Mark Peterson, associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation in Michigan. Still, it is possible, with certain lifestyle measures, to live old and healthy. Strength and resistance, for healthier aging This position paper, supported by the National Strength and Condition...