Defy Ageing With Exercise

Not true, of course, BUT, you can affect aging with training and end up being able to participate more fully in life for longer.

"'Regular exercise can help slow down the effects of ageing by up to 12 years,' The Daily Telegraph reports. The Daily Mail also covers the story. It says that a study has found aerobic exercise, such as jogging, from middle age onwards can slow and 'even reverse the decline in muscle power, balance, and co-ordination in later life'. The newspapers report that, with age, there is a reduction in "aerobic power". (sic) It falls in men by up to 50% between 20 and 60 years of age, while women begin to lose their fitness at around 35, with a 50% loss by age 60. They say that the study claims that this decrease has an impact on the independence of the elderly and that people would be able to remain independent for "far longer" if they exercise 'throughout middle age and into retirement'". (sic)

"Health is a function of participation. Participation is a function of fitness." (tm)