How important is training your body?

[Deaths Head]

I am absolutely talking about anyone 60 plus. As well as anyone under 60, late thirties/40s who doesn't currently include weight training in their lifestyle.

Generalization

I am absolutely talking about anyone 60 plus. As well as anyone under 60, late thirties/40s who doesn't currently include weight training in their lifestyle.

Generalization never works , you’ll be wrong every time you cannot speak fir anyone you can assume it’s your right though .

 

[Kal-El]

Generalization

Generalization never works , you’ll be wrong every time you cannot speak fir anyone you can assume it’s your right though .

What argument are you trying to make?
What 60+ years old wouldn't benefit from regular resistance training? Obviously not including people with specific conditions that don't allow them to exercise, or is that what you're getting at? Are we splitting hairs here?

 

[Deaths Head]

Accelerated aging is a highly disputed topic as is aging in general. Technically anything you do which triggers stress could potentially create cortisol.

You should look up telomere research on resistance training versus cardiovascular workout. In a nutshell some researchers have observed a significant change in telemere length and telemerase activity with an increase of cardiovascular activity. Whereas resistance training may have a minor affect on telemerase activity with no observable effect on telomere lengths. They speculate the benefits of cardiovascular activity is likely due to an increase of blood flow with the carrying of nitric oxide.

Maybe it's my fault for not explaining it a little better. I do think strength training and cardiovascular is necessary in one's life in moderation. However if you look at the average person with a sedentary life style, while keeping obesity rate in mind, I think it's safe to say people Per capita will find a larger benefit from cardiovascular activity.

Moderate cardio will help non athletes but if one does excessive cardio they do age more bc you are talking long prolonged stress without rest it’s zapping the body tremendously which effects the nervous system that will wreak havok on everything from skin to muscle , there’s simply no way to have a positive effect after the fact you’ve already done considerable amount of damage if one was a marathon runner ( I know a guy 3 years younger then me he competes ) he looks 7 years older so I look a decade younger and he has no quality muscle on him he’s skinny he has that dad bod thing going on at 47 so he doesn’t even look in better shape then I do and I haven’t run in over a decade I drink more beers then he eats salads . Lol


My point is moderation doesn’t hurt but any intense cardio with out a break will still age the body itself and speed up facial collagen loss in the face over time not to mention potentially causing knee issues running on hard surfaces constantly which triggers inflammation which ages you it sends out signals to the body and hence cortisol levels say rocket etc etc .

One would get more nitric oxide blood flow over time simply drinking a glass of wine every day instead of stressing the body for years doing long periods of cardio , excessive cardio is unhealthy if all your doing is cardio you’ll see most ppl look much older then their biological age if they have been the running guy not the weights guy .

And of course diet and great supplements are a part of it you have to replenish and rejuvenate cells , proteins, etc etc more if your an athletic person .

 

[Deaths Head]

What argument are you trying to make?
What 60+ years old wouldn't benefit from regular resistance training? Obviously not including people with specific conditions that don't allow them to exercise, or is that what you're getting at? Are we splitting hairs here?

You said everyone deteriorates with age no matter the age I said that’s not always the case unless your talking 60 year olds , I didn’t mention anything about non benefits of training bc I didn’t even mention training . People age differently particularly still in their 40”s these days , some if they have good genetics and took care of themselves can still be peaking don’t say no bc I’d prove you wrong myself . Lol

 

[Kal-El]

You said everyone deteriorates with age no matter the age I said that’s not always the case unless your talking 60 year olds , I didn’t mention anything about non benefits of training bc I didn’t even mention training . People age differently particularly still in their 40”s these days , some if they have good genetics and took care of themselves can still be peaking don’t say no bc I’d prove you wrong myself . Lol

The first thing I said was I am absolutely talking about people 60+. To add to that yes people at any age can benefit but lifting at late 30s/40s since we're focusing more on benefits as we get older.
"And took care of themselves" so..you mean exercising? Which is the point I'm making.
I've browsed a few of your other posts in this thread, tbh I'm still not quite sure what you're arguing against. We seem to be of the same basic opinion that resistance training is a good thing, which Is the whole point I commented on this thread in the first place. The biggest and most incorrect generalization was the original post from the other guy thay I responded too saying weight training isn't as important as c.v or mobility, to which I strongly disagree.