Re: [RBW] Re: Aging and Exercise

2017-06-27 Thread Lee Legrand
Hi Chris, I tend to think both are beneficial and should be part of a healthy lifestyle. I am a firm believer in strength training because having muscle becomes more important as you age since testosterone decrease and we tend to lose muscle starting at age 30, without exercising. Lifting weight

[RBW] Re: Aging and Exercise

2017-06-23 Thread Ash A
Related, interval training is what GP advocates in "Eat Bacon Don't Jog" There a few fun (and every effective) exercises in the book. On Wednesday, 21 June 2017 07:08:18 UTC-7, Addison wrote: > > Given the interest in cycling and aging amongst this group I thought this > story/study might be of

[RBW] Re: Aging and Exercise

2017-06-23 Thread Chris Birkenmaier
+1 for Deacon Patrick's comments. My own (not exhaustive) research has supported this conclusion. On Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 2:19:13 PM UTC-4, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > I haven't looked at this study in particular but something I've noticed is > common with many exercise studies is they test

[RBW] Re: Aging and Exercise

2017-06-22 Thread ascpgh
I noted the same about the study when I first saw that article. Moderation beneficial in most things. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 2:19:13 PM UTC-4, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > I haven't looked at this study in particular but something I've noticed is > common with many

[RBW] Re: Aging and Exercise

2017-06-22 Thread Deacon Patrick
I haven't looked at this study in particular but something I've noticed is common with many exercise studies is they test sedentary subjects over a fairly short time period. Interval training emerges at the top every time and seems attractive because it is short/intense. But the few studies that

[RBW] Re: Aging and Exercise

2017-06-22 Thread islaysteve
This is very interesting to me as I fall into the age category studied, and my exercise level of right now could be classified as "sedentary." For those of you who have not read the article, one conclusion is that the "interval" training described seemed to be the most beneficial for our age g