Strength Training For Older Adults
“Ageing is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.” – Betty Friedan
Stay Strong And Live Long
About me
Hi Everyone! My names Chloe! I am an Exercise Science Graduate currently studying an MSC in Sport and Exercise Science. I enjoy research and current have a large interest in the area of older adult strength. I am here to express the importance of keeping strong and healthy throughout later life in order to maintain a happy, long and easy functioning life.
About the Website
This particular website will help to understand the reasons for staying strong in later life and the science behind making the change and becoming a stronger older adult.
This website is of great importance for everybody but is of the most importance to the aging adult population. From the age of 40, adults loose on average 8% of their muscle mass per decade. This percentage increases from 8%-15% per decade once an adult is over 70. A decline contributed from 15 years of inactivity for an over 70 can be reversed in just 3 months if the correct strength and balance training is carried out. (Grimby & Saltin, 1983)
The current public health guidelines advise that activities that maintain or help improve muscle strength, balance and flexibility on at least 2 days a week. Each week older adults should aim to accumulate at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity aerobic activity, or if capable, 75 minutes of vigorous intensity activity, or a combination of moderate and vigorous activity, to achieve greater benefits.
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