Golden Years Old

Some people put off starting a physical fitness routine or working on improving their health because they think it’s too late or they are too old. However, science shows that it is never too late to start getting fit or in better shape to reap the health and wellness benefits of physical activity.

Getting Fit When You’re Over 40 - WorldHealth.net Science shows that it is never too late to start getting fit or in better shape to reap the health and wellness benefits of physical activity.

The idea behind aerobics is that elevating our heartbeat rate and respiratory demands for a protracted period will improve heart-lung function, giving us the ability to exercise for longer periods, improving our endurance. Implied in this is that our vascular system will be kept free of atherosclerotic plaque and heart disease will be avoided. This proves not to be the case. Our ability to do sustained output for running and swimming will, however, improve. Lung efficiency – our ability to get oxygen in and CO2 out of our blood stream – greatly improves over someone of the same age who is sedentary.