So far it has been slow going but I did find a mini gold mine this morning on google at the website be fit over 50. Here are a couple of paragraphs from the blog:
There is a large body of scientific evidence that suggests that we can slow down and even reverse the symptoms of aging. In fact many of us can be in better health in our 70's than we were in our 50's.
Recent studies indicate that between the ages of 30 & 70 many of the symptoms & conditions that were traditionally associated with normal aging are in fact the result of sedentary lifestyles.
As I read deeper, there were several citations and it seems there are researchers out there looking at older people and their exercise habits. I am going to look deeper into this because a quote on that same blog reflects one of my strong beliefs, "You are never too old to benefit from exercise."
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Exercise is "most valuable thing you can do for your health after 60"
Have this idea about a book on getting and staying in shape after the age of 60 and am looking around to see what is available on the topic.
In the Hartsville YMCA this afternoon I asked one of our local MDs if he was familiar with research or articles on the subject. As I began to explain what I was thinking about a possible book or series of articles he may have contributed the first paragraph of this book>
"After 60, the most valuable thing you can do for yourself and your health is exercise," he said. Now, if I were beginning the book I might have to go back to him for the exact quote but the the power of his exclamation when thinking about this topic says I am in the exact frame from which he was coming.
Some days I am anxious to open the Y doors and other days it takes power of persuasion to head in that direction but the result is that when I have worked out -- even when the workout is not 'high quality' I know I am better for having expended the energy and expanded lots of capacities inside this body that might not be as young as it used to be.
So, I am going to spend a little time on the research side and I am going to set down a goal of getting a lot of ideas of the hows and what's of exercise after 60 while giving some example of the Why as I get some of those who are 'hard at it' telling a little of their stories.
In the Hartsville YMCA this afternoon I asked one of our local MDs if he was familiar with research or articles on the subject. As I began to explain what I was thinking about a possible book or series of articles he may have contributed the first paragraph of this book>
"After 60, the most valuable thing you can do for yourself and your health is exercise," he said. Now, if I were beginning the book I might have to go back to him for the exact quote but the the power of his exclamation when thinking about this topic says I am in the exact frame from which he was coming.
Some days I am anxious to open the Y doors and other days it takes power of persuasion to head in that direction but the result is that when I have worked out -- even when the workout is not 'high quality' I know I am better for having expended the energy and expanded lots of capacities inside this body that might not be as young as it used to be.
So, I am going to spend a little time on the research side and I am going to set down a goal of getting a lot of ideas of the hows and what's of exercise after 60 while giving some example of the Why as I get some of those who are 'hard at it' telling a little of their stories.
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