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As each year passes we get more aches, pains and stiffness, we can lose our balance and appear to shrink in size and height. Over a period of time our habits change and we may become less active than we were when we were younger. As things get harder we stop doing them and stop participating in sports and other physical activities we used to enjoy. Eventually everything becomes an effort, bending down to pick something up off the floor or walking up several flights of stairs. Instead of continuing to make our body work hard to force it to keep our strength we start to rest it more and more. This starts a very dangerous downward spiral of decline that in fact speeds up the process of aging. Instead of letting our strength ebb away like some aging old engine we should be fighting to keep things strong and functional. We now know that the health declines that used to be associated with the aging process are really just the result of our lifestyle habits which include whether we do enough proper exercise or not. You see, the facts are the aging process itself has surprisingly little to do with weak, inflexible muscles, bone loss, stiff joints, poor circulation, and weight gain, loss of energy or even chronic disease. The 'big three' heart disease, cancer or diabetes are called 'lifestyle diseases' as they are caused by your lifestyle habits and what you do and don't do on a daily basis. And this includes one of the most important factors – proper exercise. Proper exercise is a program of strength training that keeps the muscular system along with the bones and joints strong and flexible. A proper exercise program does not include low intensity activities like walking, jogging or cycling, gardening, playing with the kids or bird watching. These things are great as part of an active lifestyle but they can never ever replace proper exercise. Taking a little time out of your week for 2 or 3 sessions of your strength training program and making an effort to be more active in your leisure time helps combat many issues so you can get off the merry go round of accelerated aging. The older people get the less likely they are to be physically active, yet being sedentary and inactive contributes to premature aging. With each advancing year it becomes progressively more important to have the right amount of proper exercise in your life. Adults who participate in strength training exercise have an easier time with their daily activities and experience fewer chronic diseases. We must cast aside the notion that disease is just part of the natural processes of aging as the long term accumulation of poor lifestyle and dietary habits has everything to do with it. The good news is that you can do more than just hope for a strong, mobile body as you age and you are lucky as you have access to new research and information that can help you improve the quality of your life at any age. It is never too late to turn back the clock with the powerful age eraser called strength training exercise.
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