Study Finds
For older adults concerned about cognitive decline, new evidence suggests that the journey to better brain health might begin with remarkably small steps. A mere 5 minutes of daily physical activity could be enough to help ward off dementia, according to new research from Johns Hopkins University.
In fact, researchers say that as little as 35 minutes of moderate exercise per week was associated with a 41% reduction in dementia risk, upending conventional wisdom about minimum effective exercise “doses.” While public health guidelines typically recommend 150 minutes of moderate activity per week, the study, published in the Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, aligns with a growing body of evidence supporting a “some is better than none” approach to physical activity. More
Do elbow bends count?
“aligns with a growing body of evidence supporting a “some is better than none” approach to physical activity.”
Sure, but “more” is better than “some”.
I like the fact that information is disseminated touting physical activity (considering 60% to 70& of Americans as too fat) but the notion that 5 minutes of anything per day will have a noticeable impact on health feeds into the minimalist approach too many folks take.
If you want longevity, good health, and a sharp mind, you gotta do the work.
Add 15 minutes to that and you’ll do yourselves a world of good.
Yes Uncle Al elbow bends do count and the more you do make you have to run back to the liquor store…
…also, it helps to NOT get the fakevaxxx…
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38806183/
I’ve seen some pretty remarkable recoveries in the gym. The latest, about 2, 2 1/2 years ago the couple coined the early crew. He’d just been released from the hospital after have a massive heart attack. At one point they actually gave the guy last rights. Anyway, she’s a little spitfire and he’s quite a jokester. He wasn’t when he first got there. It wasn’t long before people were telling shit like, Bru, you can’t be working triceps and then work chest other wise you’re just working more triceps. It didn’t take long for them to figure it out. I was talking with them this morning and the Docs are amazed. He still has all kinds of electronic hooked up to his ticker but he looks like a new man compared to the day he first walked in.
PS
When that couple first got there they we’re not Trump fans. But they were huge RFK jr fans. Now Trump walks on water. Funny how things like that progress.
I don’t think that’s enough. As a person in their mid 50’s I have Had a skilled construction trade business for over 35 years and usually do manual labor eight-ten hours many days. On any day off I either lift for a couple of hours or trail run the same, or if the weather sucks do cardio at the gym for the same. Almost never get sick and as the old dude at the neighborhood pool at summer all the young guys put their shirt on.
I still work in an office and spend too much time sitting on my butt – especially during winter. But particularly when it’s cold out, I go to the gym every day. I make this a priority.
The hardest part of getting to the gym? Keeping it a priority. Other people don’t realize or appreciate that it’s a priority. “Let’s meet for breakfast – you can skip a day.” “I’m too busy to do that every day or four times a week.” (No, you’re not). Too many people have excuses for not doing what they know they should do, and unfortunately they want to stand in your way as well.
I’m not training for anything other then weight control and to feel better. It’s 40 minutes a day – any longer and I tend to lose focus. And it’s ironic – the older I get, the more daily exercise becomes necessary.
Wyatt
Check out HMB. It works.
JACK LALANNE IS MY IDOL:
2 HRS/DAY, 7 DAYS/WK, 1.5 HRS IN THE GYM, FOLLOWED BY 30 MIN OF RUNNING OR SWIMMING
BUT….DIED OF PNEUMONIA BECAUSE HE WOULDN’T GO TO THE DR
@Brad: I will definitely check that out.
I’ll have to try to remember that.
It’s good to be encouraged to self-improve physically and it’s good to remind yourself when you are tiring while working out. That’s virtue signally I can get behind.
Wyatt
Also the UK just did a study with protein drinks with a contrast in them, so the could track absorption. What’s in your belly before your work out goes right to the effected muscle group. So if you take protein, like most all of old dudes do, take it right before your lift.
I use to be a BMF and then cancer. Now at 68 I’m determined to get some of that back. It’s slow going so I keep up with the hunt for the magic pill. LOL
@Dr. Tar: Yes, perhaps a little virtue signaling. Much of what I know about resistance training I got from people at the gym who know what they are doing. And while I do this to make me feel better, I have no problem with other folks also feeling better. Like everything else, it takes some research and some discipline, but it has always been worth it.
12 oz curls? Jumping to conclusions?