Sunday Story…Stronger People

 

Are harder to kill. It really is that simple. Stronger is better. Strong people are more resilient, can bounce back from injury better, and generally have better health spans. Remember your life span is how long you live, and your health span is how Well you live.

After about age 30, your muscle mass is going to begin to decline. This is an immutable fact unless you do something about it. Evolution has designed us to fail after we have completed our evolutionary duties (the reproduction of the species). Even though you may not have contributed to the ongoing of our species your body was designed to start its downward descent.

Resistance training (weight training) is required to slow down and stymie the inevitable muscle loss accompanying the aging process. Picking up weight stimulates a hormonal response. Picking up weight keeps muscle mass on your body. Muscle mass helps you maintain your weight. Muscle mass improves your ability to burn fat. You don’t have to believe me; you can read the research yourself.

Weight training needs to be done correctly to be done safely. You can’t train if you are injured. And, even worse, the older you get the faster you will lose muscle mass when you are injured and can’t train. This is why we all marvel at young athletes who can return to the field of play with little or no adverse effects on their performance.

Next week we will take a deeper dive into weight training.

 

John Mariotti

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