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It’s Never Too Late To Start Exercising!

March 7, 2009 by Adria Ali Leave a Comment

 elderly

     As if we didn’t have enough incentive to exercise now here’s one more!  Research shows that if you start exercising it can prolong your life.  However, if you are just starting to exercise after 50; it could take years to kick in!  Better get started now!

LONDON – People who put off regular exercise until they hit the age of 50 can still benefit from physical activity but it appears to take 10 years for the effects to kick in, Swedish researchers said Friday.

“It has been shown that young people benefit from exercise but this is the first time we have been able to show that old people can also benefit from increasing their physical activity,” Liisa Byberg, a researcher at Uppsala University in Sweden, said in a telephone interview

“It’s not too late to start.”

The researchers put the volunteers into low, medium and high activity groups. About half the men reported a high level of exercise, corresponding to at least three hours of sport or heavy gardening each week.

About a third said they exercised moderately, such as taking walks and cycling, while the rest did little or no exercise, the researchers reported in the British Medical Journal.

Not surprisingly, death rates were highest among the sedentary group and lowest among the most active volunteers in the first five years of the study. But after 10 years people who began exercising at 50 had similar death rates to people in the high activity group.

The impact was similar to giving up smoking and the findings suggest further research to see what amount of physical activity makes a difference on health, the researchers said.

“There is an effect but there is a bit of a delay,” Byberg said (source)

   This is  just another great reason to keep moving!  Putting it off until you have “time” could be one of the biggest mistakes when it comes to age.  Waiting to exercise until you are older has a delayed affect which could cost you your health and your youth.  One of the greatest quotes pertaining to exercise is… “exercise doesn’t take time out of your life, it puts life into your time.”

Adria Ali

(CES, PES, CPT, BS)

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About Adria Ali

I am the author of this web page and I have been a personal trainer for over 13 years. I currently hold a Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology (exercise science), as well as all of the certifications from National Academy of Sports Medicine. I also have a background in sports training as well as internships in physical therapy and Occupational Therapy. I got into personal training to help people like my mom who struggled with her weight her whole life.


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