From the time you are born until you reach age 30 your muscles continue to grow larger and stronger. But, starting around the age of 30, you begin to lose muscle mass, up to 3 to 5 percent each decade if you are not active. The medical term for this is sarcopenia with aging.
Even if you are active, you continue to lose muscle mass but at a slower rate. Reflexes and coordination can also suffer.
It may be more difficult to get up from the couch, climb stairs with groceries, or go for a bike ride. With age your body can get stiffer and wobblier, and your muscles more lax.
This loss of muscle mass will also change the way your body looks and responds. The redistribution of muscle to fat may affect your balance. Less leg muscle and stiffer joints makes it more difficult to move around.
Changes in body weight and bone loss may also affect your height. People typically lose almost ½ inch in height every 10 years after age 40.
The old adage, “use it or lose it,” is true when it comes to your physical abilities. When you lose muscle, it’s typically replaced by fat. Although your weight may increase only slightly, your frame may appear much larger because fat takes up 18 percent more room on your body than muscle.
Our Senior FPA Coach demonstrating the importance of training functionally for optimal functional strength that can burn the most calories.
It is recommended that people over 40 shouldn’t just exercise more, they should exercise smarter. The first smart move is to improve your flexibility and balance. Both of these physical factors suffer from muscle loss and joint stiffness as you age.
Flexibility can help reduce injuries, improve your balance and help you reach your optimum level of fitness.
As you age, you need to build functional strength over strength in isolated muscle group. The idea behind building functional strength is to improve your abilities using groups of muscles you would normally use in everyday life.
Functional strength training is a coordinated effort between multiple muscle groups imitating everyday activities and not training an isolated muscle group. Compound exercises will work multiple muscle groups at once, help you gain functional strength, and burn the most calories per session.
Through our Situational Intelligence Training, our FPA personal trainers and Interactives coaches will plan a well-designed program that focuses on your functional needs. Contact us to find how our personal training and Interactive Training can help be fit at any age!
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(Adapted from: https://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2016/01/29/fitness-after-40.aspx)
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Our FITPRO Coaches regularly attend fitness related conferences and one of the conference workshop was entitled, “What is the best diet?” by Krista Scott-Dixon, Phd. We give you a summary of this interesting topic. We hope that this article will clear some of your concerns about choosing a sensible diet. Some technical details are included.
“I’d love to eat healthy, but it’s too restrictive for me. I enjoy food too much.”
This question assumes that there is only ONE “best” way to eat. And once we find that, we think it is magic!
Here are some studies done by JAMA* to debunk that there is some magic diet.
- The macronutrients don’t matter. (Macronutrients are your carbohydrates, Protein and Fats)
Numerous trials comparing diets differing in macronutrient composition have demonstrated very small and inconsistent differences in weight loss and metabolic risk factors.
- Adherence is the only thing that matters.
In 2014 a scientific article was published summarizing between 13 and 24 major trials.
Adherence is the only consistent factor associated with weight loss and disease-related outcomes.
- 2014 report** shows that
Low-carb dieters:
6 months: 8.73 kg lost
12 months: 7.25 kg lost
Low-fat dieters
6 months: 7.99 kg lost
12 months: 7.27 kg lost
Weight loss differences between individual named diets were small. This supports the practice of recommending any diet that a patient will adhere to in order to lose weight.
In other words…
You can get good results from many diets.
So what’s the best diet? The one you’ll actually stick to.
There are many diets and many ways to eat. Humans are amazingly adaptable to varied food conditions.
When it comes to conditions, it is not just about food. Which category to you belong to?
- “I’m still a student, living in a dorm on a budget.”
- “ I’ve got money but no time and I don’t like to cook.”
- “I need to make weight safely for athletic competition.”
- “I am really concerned about the wellness and health of this planet.”
Other factors that will influence your food choices are:
- Physiological differences
- Personal differences
- Cultural / social differences
- Environmental differences
- Global differences
So what can we conclude from here? THERE IS NO ONE SIZE FITS ALL!
Diet debates only benefit the diet industry. Diet debates do not help you make sound choice.
People are still wondering, “What should I eat for dinner?” STOP debating diets.
Instead, START understanding what really makes you feel fitter, leaner, stronger, healthier and saner for life!
Contact our FITPRO Academy Nutritionist for professional consultation on the type of diet that will suit your lifestyle.
* JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association is a peer-reviewed medical journal published 48 times a year by the American Medical Association. It publishes original research, reviews, and editorials covering all aspects of the biomedical sciences.
** Johnston, Bradley C., et al. Comparison of weight loss among named diet
programs in overweight and obese adults: A meta-analysis. Journal of the
American Medical Association 312 no.9 (September 2014): 923-933.