Fitness For Seniors

The August edition of Nature Aging has a very interesting review article on frailty. Frailty is a state weakness, most often associated with old age. Indicators of frailty are weakness fatigue weight loss low physical activity poor balance low gait speed visual impairment and  cognitive impairment Frailty as a root cause of other age-associated diseases The development of frailty is associated with not just an increased risk of an disability or death from falls but also increased risk of developing physiological diseases including Alzheimer's disease Cardiovascular disease Hypertension and stroke Rheumatoid arthritis and Diabetes Frailty is also linked to an increased susceptibility to infection, including COVID-19. Our skeletal muscles provide an important metabolic stimulus and regulatory function for the rest of our body. The loss of this stimulus and regulation leads is largely responsible for the susceptibility to disease.  Adding on to this is a loss of independence wh...

Start with 60 challenge   ActiveSg is having a " Start with 60 " challenge. In this challenge, you attempt a " 1 minute workout ". The objective of ActiveSg's Challenge is to get people active through participating and then sharing their one minute exercise. Those who are active, can try strenuous workout and those are encouraged to push themselves a little bit more than they normal. The 1 minute workout The concept of a 1 minute workout is that 1 minute of intense exercise 3 times a week is able to stimulate physiological adaptions linked to improved health in obese and overweight adults. These include improved Oxygen utilization efficiency (VO2max) Glycemic control  Resting systolic and diastolic blood pressure  More details on the health benefits of short intense workouts are summarized in a paper by Professors Martin Gibala and Jonathan Little from McMaster University .  The 1 minute workout study The original study on the 1 minute workout , undertaken at Mc...