Health and Fitness Review

Walk out onto the street and grab a healthy 20 year old that has never lifted weights. Then call his grandfather to join him in the gym for a workout. Ask them to both lift 80% of their maximum ability, three times per week for 8 weeks. Know what’ll happen?

Well, Tufts University researchers wondered the same thing and discovered that they would both increase their strength the same exact percentage after 8 weeks. And that percentage increase was 300%!

What that means is that we never lose the ability to gain strength at any age!

So what about all those aches and pains that grandpa feels? Simple, we progress more slowly. Not because of his lack of ability or increased age, but only because of what he hasn’t done for so many years.

But that can be reversed fast.

Know what? I guarantee, we can fix almost any ache, pain, tightness or health problem in 12 weeks or less. Sound cocky? It’s not me. All the credit goes to those that use their muscles. I only teach it.

What type of program would we use? Probably the exact same one as I would use with a college student (keeping any limitations in mind). We would just start at a lower level and progress slowly.

Our bodies were created to move. If they don’t here is what we’ll lose over the decades:

Muscle Mass We lose 6.6 lbs of muscle mass per decade unless we use it. Ninety-five percent of lower back pain comes from lack of strength and/or flexibility.

Your Strength We lose significant neural adaptation over time. Up to 20-30% decrease in coordination simply by not exercising

Basal Metabolic Rate The body’s natural ability to burn fat drops drastically as we lose muscle.

Bodyfat percentage A decrease in 5-7% of your bodyfat can reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke by 40-50%!

Aerobic Capacity Our hearts don’t have to get weaker as we age, nor do we have to lose the ability to pull oxygen from the bloodstream into the working muscles. Exercise and you can keep it all.

Blood Sugar Tolerance Type II diabetes should never happen. We allow it by abusing our cells’ receptor sites by overeating and not keeping our ‘exercising- hormones’ humming.

Cholesterol I have seen dramatic changes in cholesterol profiles, not because of medications but through simple exercise. Rising cholesterol levels are 100% within our control.

Blood Pressure Known as the “silent killer” since there are no symptoms, we can find a 34% decrease if we exercise within two quick months.

Bone Density Don’t be fooled into thinking that just taking calcium is enough. In fact, research at Tufts University found that exercise was far and away more effective in increasing bone mass density by 10- 20% at any age!

Use it or lose it. Age quickly or age gracefully, it’s your choice.

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