There was an interesting segment on NPR a couple of mornings ago, about the effects of aging on muscle – or more accurately, loss of muscle with aging.
The segment was somewhat misnamed as “Why we gain weight as we age.” It should have been “Why we gain fat as we age.”
The segment talked [...]
Category Archives: Exercise
Why We Gain Fat As We Age
February 25, 2010 – 12:26 pm
Exercise May Keep Your Cells Younger
January 27, 2010 – 1:52 pm
This is good news and bad news. Older exercisers seem to have younger, healthier cells. Good news that you can keep your cells younger. Bad news that you have to exercise.
A study reported in the Washington Post looking at 2,400 pairs of twins suggests that those twins that exercised in their spare [...]
Why Does Muscle Age So Fast?
September 23, 2009 – 5:59 pm
As we age, we lose muscle mass and strength. This is known as sarcopenia. Even those who do lots of exercise, still lose muscle, though not as quickly as those who are inactive. Why does muscle age so much?
The aging of muscle results in the loss of muscle mass, strength and function. [...]
Can age-related muscle loss be reversed?
July 6, 2009 – 12:29 pm
One aspect of aging is loss of strength and the amount of muscle that we have. In our late 20’s we start to lose muscle.
The age-related loss of muscle is called sarcopenia. This loss of muscle is slow at first, but then from the 40’, there is a more rapid loss of muscle. [...]
Are Sit-Ups Good For Abdominals and Spine?
June 17, 2009 – 6:38 pm
Do you do abdominal exercises? If so, do you do crunches and pull in your abdominals? If so, perhaps this is not a good idea.
If you use a DVD or go to a class to do exercise that involves abdominals, usually you are told repeatedly the same thing. “Pull in your tummy. [...]
Stress, And Ways To Lower It
June 3, 2009 – 5:16 pm
Are you stressed out? Everybody feels some stress, but at times the stress can start to have a major impact on life.
The trouble is that after a period of stress, it sometimes almost becomes addictive. We get a stress response, which makes us more sensitive to stress. We then over-respond to new [...]
Energy Drinks, Spit Don’t Swallow?
April 16, 2009 – 3:17 pm
Want a boost? Have an energy drink. But, did you know that if you just swill one round your mouth and spit not swallow, that you get that boost in energy.
Energy drinks are everywhere. The supermarket has a big selection. Most of the energy drinks consumed contain some form of sugar [...]
How Helpful Is Exercise? Part 2
October 1, 2008 – 1:40 pm
If exercise is perhaps not as good at stopping diseases like heart disease as first thought, should you bother much with exercise? Is exercise helpful in any major way?
One benefit of exercise is for aging. As we age physical activity becomes more important.
Have you heard of sarcopenia?
Sarcopenia is the loss muscle mass, strength [...]
Older Dieters Lose Muscle If Not Exercising
September 22, 2008 – 12:20 pm
When dieting the loss of muscle as well as fat certainly occurs in all age groups, but as we age muscle loss will have more and more of a negative impact. Why?
After about 25 years of age, we all start to lose muscle mass, strength and get reduced muscle function. Then from about age [...]