“Who told you it was too late? And more importantly, why did you choose to believe them?” ―
MindfulEaters, new research shows that if you have been a couch potato until you are 50, and THEN you start exercising, you will do just as well as the athlete that has been exercising since she was a teenager! A lot of research has gone into showing that regular exercise helps older adults maintain health and cognitive thinking - we've even covered it here. Now there is also a recent study that suggests physically fit young people have healthier white matter. So everyone get up and move! Get your kids, parents and grandparents on a regular exercise regimen to improve heart, mental, diabetes and overall health.
Starting exercise late in life? A study shows that if you begin intense exercise training in mid-life, you bank many of the same benefits as lifelong athletes. The study compared runners who had been racing for decades against runners that didn't start training and competing until after 50. Guess what? Both groups were similarly swift, lean and well-muscled. So if you're a masters athlete, you will be a paragon of "healthy aging" no matter how old you were when you first got off the couch and laced up your shoes.
HOWEVER, that doesn't mean you should wait until 50 to exercise.
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