The Benefits of Exercise on Aging for Men
Feb 25th, 2010 | By Greg Cambridge | Category: Anti Aging For Men, Exercise
Anti Aging for Men - Exercise
There are many benefits of exercise for both men and women in fighting the hands of time. If you are not already exercising and it does not take a part in your life at an early age, you should start an exercise program with the advice and recommendation of your doctor. The health benefits and anti aging for men bonuses are a plenty.
One of the first benefits of exercising for men as they age is a primary benefit. It will help fight against heart and stroke disease and there is much research to back this up. When you exercise, you reduce cholesterol levels and plaque build up in the arteries. Moderate to heavy exercise has been shown to reduce the dangers of a potential stroke by up to 63%. Stroke and heart disease is one of the major killers for men and women. However, as you age, you should somewhat reduce the intensity of exercise. Regular exercise, even a minimum of a half hour a day, will help you in so many ways.
Strength training will help not only your muscles but also the most important muscle in your body – the heart which is also a muscle. As you age, muscle mass will decline and the remaining skin will appear to sag. Weight lifting and strength training will help reduce this muscle mass loss. Exercise will also help with bone loss and strengthen your bones. Osteoporosis – bone loss and the weakening of your bone structure is not only a disease which affects women. It is also a disease which men can acquire as they age.
To keep in shape as you grow older, maintaining a healthy physique, will also help from a vanity point of view. You will look better and regular exercise will burn excess calories and fat. Accompany regular exercise with a healthy anti aging diet has a multitude of benefits, both from a health perspective and a vanity perspective.
As you grow older, testosterone and other hormones levels decline in andropause and moderate exercise and strength training will help maintain testosterone levels and do wonders for your libido. A healthy sex life is important as you age, not only for maintaining a happy relationship, but also for increasing such feel-good hormones as serotonin and endorphin levels in the blood for fighting stress and depression which may set in as you age and those hormones decline in your system.
Regular exercise can include such activities as weight training, swimming, walking, jogging and even yoga. Yoga and meditation for men will help reduce stress levels, focus your thoughts and maintain cognitive ability, something you don’t want to lose as you age. Take a half hour out of every day for yourself, your body and your mind. Antiaging for men begins with simple changes in life that you can make, one step at a time, and those first changes should include your anti aging diet and exercise routine.
