Anti Aging

I believe anti-aging is multidisciplinary and is based on individual choices. Anti-aging is a way of life! Each person chooses how to progress down a certain path to health and well being. Below is a list of elements to consider in designing your own personal anti-aging program.

Rev Up Your Metabolism

Aging is accompanied by a decrease in your metabolic rate and an associated enhance in your fat storage. As such, your body fails to burn excess fat as we grow older. To combat this anti-aging effect we require to control our metabolic rate by increasing daily activities. The greatest way to do this is to perform a 20 minute cardio-vascular fitness program a couple of days a week to support rev up your metabolism. The best time to perform this fat burning workout is when you wake and just before breakfast. This is the best time to workout due to the fact although you slept, your body depleted all the carbohydrates in your system, and because you have an empty stomach your body is forced to use your fat stores to supply energy for the workout.

Maintain Your Heart Strong

Growing older also means a reduction in the capacity of the heart to pump blood via the circulatory system. In addition, construct up in the arteries also contributes to this reduced capacity. Because your heart is a muscle its function and circulatory capability can be improved by aerobic exercise. Keep in mind to always consult your physician when starting any fitness program. Nevertheless, I once heard a doctor say that if they could put exercise into a pill form, it would be the most prescribed pill known to mankind. As such, utilizing exercise to keep the heart strong is an important factor in any anti-aging program.

Your Brain is a Muscle Too!

Anti-aging research has shown that memory capacity declines if the brain is not involved in mental functions. Mental inactivity causes poor memory function or in some circumstances memory loss. Playing games, participating in social activities, problem solving, reading and writing will all help “exercise” the brain. Exercising your brain will not only improve cognitive function but will also help get rid of boredom and depression.

Lung Capacity

Did you know that the oxygen uptake test, the one where they measure your lung capacity whilst your on a treadmill, is so accurate that if they gave a group of folks the test and then had that same group run a distance race they could predict how each individual would location in the race before the race ended. With aging comes a reduced elasticity of the lungs and thus a reduced oxygen uptake or breathing capacity. Aerobic or cardio exercise is an anti-aging solution that will improve the breathing capacity of the lungs.

Increase Your Lean Tissue or Muscle Mass

As you age your metabolism slows and you begin to lose muscle. Really, muscle loss is a symptom of aging. Even so, you can boost muscle mass, burn fat, and enhance your metabolism all at the exact same time. This is accomplished via an aerobic weight training workout. By utilizing light weights that you can repeat 12 to 15 times per muscle group you will not only improve muscle mass and metabolic rate but also decrease fat stores. In addition, strength training exercises will improve your lean tissue which in turn increases your basal (resting) metabolic rate. Combining an aerobic weight training workout with a diet high in protein and low in fat is a good start for any anti-aging fitness program.

Stay Flexible

Stretching must be a component of any natural anti-aging fitness program. You not only warm up your muscles for the workout but also prevent any unnecessary injuries in the course of the workout. Staying flexible will also remove any muscle cramping that is sometimes associated with aging. Moreover, being limber helps you perform greater in your day to day anti-aging activities.

Your View of Your self

Does growing old mean avoiding the bathroom scale or searching into a mirror? The way you perceive your self is very essential to your overall physical, mental and spiritual self. People are flocking to doctors for expanding waistlines and hair loss. Their buying anti-aging skin care goods and cosmetics for younger searching skin and the list goes on. Your lengthy-term whole-body physical, mental and spiritual picture of your self is an important factor of your anti-aging program.

Bridge the Gap

Taking the steps needed to take care of your self will aid you “bridge the gap” to a longer life. Developing a solid anti-aging program and strategy is vital. Without a plan or a process things are just left up to opportunity. You yourself can only implement the steps that will take you down the path of becoming a centenarian.

In conclusion, anti-aging overall is multidisciplinary. It involves, in part, the 12 factors discussed here but also total entire-body wellness and longevity. It entails incorporating the ingredients of wellness and longevity into your way of life. Anti-aging is an individual process – you decide what ingredients are part of the program. Anti-aging is what makes you really feel good. It is what makes you “anti-age”!