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Let’s Get Moving!_
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
It is never too late to begin a weight training program. In fact, weight training among the senior population is extremely important!ScienceDaily (June 7, 2008) — Healthy seniors who are physically active and exercise for more than 60 minutes each week can lessen their chances of disability as they age, finds a new long-term study.
*It may stave off dementia *
Among patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease (age 60 and older), those with lower physical fitness levels (measured by cardiovascular tests on a treadmill) had four times more brain shrinkage when compared to normal adults than those who were more physically fit, according to a recent study from the University of Kansas School of Medicine. Decreased brain volume is tied to poorer cognitive function, says lead researcher Jeffrey M. Burns, MD, so staying active may translate into better cognitive performance and a slower progression of dementia.
ScienceDaily (July 19, 2006) — Couch potatoes who start exercising in later life can still significantly cut their chances of developing coronary artery disease!
Strength training does not mean that you have to train for the Olympics or tediously do the same exercise over and over. Dynamic movements can be utilized ,exercises can be changed around as you see fit..
According to /Healing Moves/, a variety of exercises will yield bone-building benefits: "Physical impact and weight-bearing exercise stimulates bone formation. Just as a muscle gets stronger and bigger the more you use it, a bone becomes stronger and denser when you regularly place demands upon it.
The best _bone builders_ are exercises that put force on the bone, such as weight-bearing activities like running and resistance exercises like strength training. In general, the greater the impact involved, the more it strengthens the bones." However, it is important to distinguish the exercises that will increase bone density from the ones that will not. "Weight lifting, including curls, squats and bench presses, are beneficial activities … Dancing, stair-climbing and brisk walking are all weight-bearing exercises, which promote (good) mechanical stress in the skeletal system, contributing to the placement of calcium in bones. Aerobic exercises such as biking, rowing and swimming do not strengthen the bones!
A 1994 study published in JAMA( Journal of the American Medical Association
<http://www.naturalnews.com/Journal_of_the_Ameri...iation.html>_)_
revealed that women as old as 70 who lifted weights twice a week for a year avoided the expected loss of bone and even increased their bone density.
There's even some evidence that increasing muscle mass
<http://www.naturalnews.com/muscle_mass.html> can increase bone mass. When researchers at McMaster University in Ontario
<http://www.naturalnews.com/Ontario.html> put a group of postmenopausal women on a year-long program of anaerobic strength training, not only did their muscle size increase by 20 percent, but their spinal bone mass rose by 9 percent. It's possible, then, that strength training might help ward off osteoporosis.
Myth : There’s no point to exercising. I’m going to get old anyway.
*Fact:* Exercise and strength training helps you look and feel younger and stay active longer. Regular physical activity lowers your risk for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer’s and dementia, heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer, high blood pressure, and obesity.
Myth : I’ve never been coordinated. Exercise is not for me.
*Fact: *You don’t have to be an Olympic athlete to benefit from exercise. If sports are not for you, walking or lifting (light)weights are great forms of exercise that are easy to do.
Myth : I’m afraid I’m going to fall if I try to exercise.
*Fact:* Regular exercise, by building strength and stamina, prevents loss of bone mass and improves balance, actually reducing your risk of falling. There are many types of exercise to start with if you are concerned about falls.
It doesn’t matter how old you are! People in their sixties, seventies, eighties, and nineties can reap the benefits of exercise. We are a lot like boats, when in the harbor the boat develops /barnacles and decays so do we…. Boats were meant to move, so are we!///
/Leave the harbor and set your sails to a healthier you!///
/Thanks for reading… in health and Abundance, Greg Foster///
/Inspiration saying of the week: /"The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but instead will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."
~Thomas Edison~
Greg Foster, owner of Choices4Wellness has a long history in the Natural Health industry. Since 1987 Greg's goal has been to own and operate his own store. While working toward his goal, he was a sales associate for Prolab a sports nutrition company. Greg also worked as a personal trainer and helped people achieve their fat loss and fitness goals, while also teaching them that these goals were about a "whole" lifestyle approach and the benefits of supplements and healthy food choices . Always teaching that it's about FAT LOSS not weight loss, Greg is now able to live out his dream of owning a health food store so that he can better meet the needs of his clients. Greg has a personal training room at the store where he has one on one time with his clients. They range from teenagers to couples that want personalized time and attention to achieve fitness goals without the busy atmosphere of a gym, where sometimes your precious work-out time is gobbled up by socializing and waiting your turn on the equipment.. It is during this time that Greg is able to recommend lifestyle choices to enhance your work-out routine & a positive mental attitude. Being a father of 3 boys, ages Trevor 18, Chad 10,and Shane 9 , Greg is sympathetic to living a busy life, and helps to make fitness goals realistic as well. At 41, Greg Foster , has embarked on a journey of entrepreneurial spirit, meshed with a passion to see people lead healthier ,happier lives. Truly, a business combination for success. Kim Iles, the manager of Choices4Wellness, is no stranger to the Natural Health Industry. She formerly founded and owned Alternative Choices from 1993 until its closing in 2004. During those 11years, Kim achieved many levels of business experience. She was on the board of directors for the CHFA (Canadian Health Food Association) as well as developing and franchising her Alternative choices concept. Kim's real passion however is with teaching, providing lectures, and spreading her knowledge of natural health through out Chatham-Kent and beyond. Kim is a mother of a 22 year old daughter , Nicole and a 17 year old son, Jordon . To Choices4Wellness, Kim also brings her knowledge of the water purification side of the business. Kim is a former owner and co-founder of Pure Choice Water Centers. The new store located inside of Choices4Wellness is appropriately named Choices4Water with a slogan "water you can believe in", offering state of the art purification better tasting and at better prices than the old business she left behind. Kim has always been a familiar voice on the radio, as well as in the newspaper, as she believes education and creating awareness is vital to getting people use and accept natural health products to create wellness and a lifestyle that enhances their lives.
