Like cardio exercise, muscle-strengthening is crucial for staying active and healthy as we age. AARP recently published excerpts from The Whole Body Reset: Your Weight-Loss Plan for a Flat Belly, Optimum Health, and a Body You’ll Love – At Midlife and Beyond by Stephen Perrine with Heidi Skolnik. We want that book!! In the meantime, as a quick summary, resistance exercise and protein timing may provide these health benefits:
– Keep our brain healthy
– Reduce risk of future weight gain
– Keep blood pressure under control
– Slash risk of heart disease
– Beat back diabetes
– Be better poised to battle cancer
– Stay happier
Sold! Weights, yoga, Pilates, calisthenics are all good ways to build muscle mass. Talk to your doctor, blah, blah before doing anything stupid.
– Jet Cannon
