If you are a Baby Boomer you probably remember the good old days when you could pretty much eat what you wanted and stay reasonably lean and fit. What happened? Most likely aging and poor diet and exercise choices.
If you are a boomer you may remember the aerobic craze started by Dr. Kenneth Cooper. His popular book made running a fashionable exercise. The basic theory is one needs to get their breathing and pulse rate up for an extended period of time in a form of aerobic exercise. It is still very popular.
However as we age many of us find we cannot find the time to run or do other aerobic exercises that take up several hours a week. Also running is very hard on joints and some people have to give it up because of bad knees or bad hips.
What are the alternatives? Recent studies are showing that weight lifting may be one of the best exercises of all times. They are not talking about the kind of weight lifting where people bulk up with huge muscles and take all kinds of protein supplements or drink things with strange names such as muscle milk and CytoSport Complete whey protein. They are talking about weight lifting that helps one tone up all over and create a basic muscle tone that may have slipped over the years.
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