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With expert coaching slowing down the aging
process can be as simple as exercising once
a week
September 2010-- As Baby Boomers age, the
dreaded days of increased health issues and
joint aches edge closer-what most people
don't realize is that they can slow the
aging process down.
While aging plays a role in the overall
degeneration of health, a more significant
player is our sedentary lifestyle.
Our bodies were not designed to sit eight
hours at a desk and several hours on a couch
each day. The accumulative impact of a
lifestyle like this takes its toll on the
human body, eventually leading to lethargy,
acceleration of muscle and joint
degeneration, and greater susceptibility to
injury, pain, illness, and contraction of
diseases.
The good news-it doesn't have to be that
way-just a small change in lifestyle. With
expert coaching it can be as simple as
exercising once a week.
"It's no secret that exercise is an
important component to a healthy life and
longevity. What's misunderstood is that
after years of inactivity, how much and what
kind of exercise is best - what's really
needed is a planned program that rebuilds
muscle strength, restores healthy muscle
ratios, and helps to prevent injury," says
Joe Berill, a Post Rehabilitation
Conditioning Specialist and Director of Body
Form Fitness.
"For most Baby Boomers, making exercise and
strength building a weekly event is a
lifestyle change, but the benefits of
getting healthy and maintaining good health
are huge."
Often overlooked, is how building muscle
strength decreases joint pain while
simultaneously heighten the immune system.
"The explanation for this is simple," says
Joe Berill. "Proper exercise that builds
muscle strength creates little tears in the
muscle. Naturally, the body's immune system
immediately goes to work to repair the
muscle tears, and in doing, not only repairs
the muscle, but builds the immune system-it
even leads to weight loss."
Every now and then, after years of little
physical activity, people will get the urge
to exercise. Perhaps it's because they're
frustrated by their continual weight gain,
or they're under doctor's orders, or just
wanting to get in shape, so they join a gym
and for a short time and feverishly workout.
Why a short time? Because most grow
discouraged when they don't see results fast
enough, or due to lack of knowledge or
guidance, injure themselves.
"Our practice has shown that one-on-one
coaching by an exercise specialist not only
helps to prevent injury, it educates the
patient and brings the necessary results to
achieve their desired goals," says Joe. "No
matter their age, it reinforces a lifestyle
change that makes exercise an integral part
of the ongoing process of building and
maintaining a healthy body.
