Senior Care in Alabama: March 2017

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

5 MYTHS ABOUT AGING by Jen McCaffery

Good News for everyone! There are fewer Reasons to fear getting older.

Myth one will be reveled today and two next week and so on.....

Myth 1: You'll get frail.
Mythbuster: No necessarily. You can hang on to much of your muscle function and cardiovascular fitness if you strength-train consistently over the years, sys Michael Roizen, chief wellness officer at
Cleveland Clinic. Many seniors have already received the message. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 43% of adults ages 65 to 74 meet the federally recommended 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity and two muscle strengthening sessions per week. It's never to late to start: Researches at the University of Alabama at Birmingham found that people in the 60s and 70s who start resistance training can develop muscle strength comparable to that of an untrained adult age 40 or younger.

Tip: Check with your doctor, then do strength training twice a week on non-consecutive days, says Ann Norwich, director of the adult gerontology nurse practitioner program at York College.

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Stay tuned next week for Myth #2!