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very important and often
overlooked component
of any exercise program
is resistance or weight training.
Resistance training helps maintain
muscle mass, bone density and
metabolism — and other benefits.
As we age, our bodies lose muscle
and bone. Some 44 million Americans
have osteopenia or osteoporosis; and
half of all women and a quarter of
all men over 50 will suffer a fracture
related to these disorders.
Adults who do not resistance train
will, on average, lose approximately
four to six pounds of muscle tissue
per decade.
There are nutritional measures that
can be taken to help preserve muscle
and bone such as consuming ade-
quate amounts
of protein and
calcium, but I
will focus on
the benefits
of resistance
training.
Strength
training is the
No. 1 way to
prevent the loss
of muscle that
occurs with
aging. Muscle
requires a lot of
calories. When
muscle is lost, there is usually a con-
comitant loss in resting metabolism,
which accounts for 70 percent of daily
calorie use.
Therefore, a decrease in muscle
mass and lower resting metabolic
rate is typically accompanied by an
increase in total body fat.
Even when eating stays the same,
without the calorie demands of active
muscle tissue, fat gain occurs. On
average, studies have shown a three-
pound lean weight gain and a four-
pound fat loss after a 10- to 25-week
training program.
Bone is an active material that con-
tinually undergoes breakdown and
formation. Up until about the third
decade of life, this remodeling pro-
cess favors bone formation. After that,
bone loss can begin to occur. Strength
training helps significantly in keeping
and increasing bone mass.
Many people avoid resistance-type
exercise, thinking it will raise their
blood pressure. In fact, when per-

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