excersing over the age of 40

Better Late than Never

From birth until around age 30 , exercise is important for general maintenance and prevention purposes . It enables us to maintain our already healthy bodies and ward off illnesses such as cardiovascular disease , type 2 diabetes , and osteoporosis , which are usually facilitated by the effects of a sedentary lifestyle . Individuals who regularly engage in physical activity tend to have better posture , skin hair and even mental health than their less active counterparts Exercise also improves one 's physical appearance , usually the most appreciated benefit to most in this

age range . However , once an individual reaches age 40 and thereafter , exercise is no longer simply general housekeeping , but it becomes an absolute necessity

Beginning an exercising program over the age of forty tends to have a very positive and apparent impact on your health even more so than it would have at an earlier age . Daniel DeNoon , writer for Fox News .com indicated based on the findings of German researchers that exercising even if you do not start until your 40 's can cut your risk of heart disease up to 90 . Others who maintained an active lifestyle between ages 20 and 39 but become sedentary after age 40 experienced a substantially smaller reduction in risk of heart disease . In addition around age 40 , women begin to lose bone mass which can often times lead to osteoporosis or a high susceptibility to fractures . The proven best way to prevent these occurrences is , once again , through regular exercises

Based on the aforementioned information , is important to remember in the case of exercise after the age of forty that though an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure ' the more essential and more applicable idea one should keep in mind is that it is always better late than never...