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. . SPORTS MEDICINE : PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND FITNESS RUNNING : AGING: The Extra Mile: Aging on the Run: Keep Moving, Stay Flexible . . The Extra Mile: Aging on the Run: Keep Moving, Stay Flexible The Extra Mile 12:59 AM, May. 13, 2012 Kym Klass Montgomery Advertiser http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20120513/SPORTS/ 305130024/The-extra-mile-Aging-run-Keep-moving-stay-flexible . A shorter URL for the above link: . http://tinyurl.com/c93e3ch . . In terms of cardiovascular fitness, after a runner peaks around age 35, their cardiovascular fitness level (VO2 Max) starts to decrease about 1 percent every year. For highly fit runners, thats not a big deal. . Most runners in their 70s are more fit than 20-year-olds who dont run, Williford said. The important thing about running is, your fitness goes down, but you can still improve your performance. It depends on what level youre at. . We find in research studies, the less fit the person is, the greater room they have for improvement. . Many changes in our musculoskeletal system result more from disuse than from simple aging, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Less than 10 percent of Americans participate in regular exercise, and the most sedentary group is older than 50 years old. . The AAOS maintains that stretching remains an excellent way to help maintain joint flexibility, while weight training can increase muscle mass and strength, enabling people to continue their daily routine activities without maximal exertion. . Exercise can offset the negative effects of aging, improving cardiovascular health (lowering cholesterol and blood pressure), and improving body composition (lowering body fat and increasing bone density), according to the American College of Sports Medicine. . ACSM also points out that exercise increases joint flexibility, and also increases muscular strength important, because after age 50, strength decreases 15 percent per decade; and after age 70, it decreases 30 percent per decade. . . The complete article may be read at the URL above. . . Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 [log in to unmask] http://workface.com/e/daviddillard Net-Gold http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html Index: http://tinyurl.com/myxb4w http://groups.google.com/group/net-gold?hl=en General Internet & Print Resources http://guides.temple.edu/general-internet COUNTRIES http://guides.temple.edu/general-country-info EMPLOYMENT http://guides.temple.edu/EMPLOYMENT TOURISM http://guides.temple.edu/tourism DISABILITIES http://guides.temple.edu/DISABILITIES INDOOR GARDENING http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IndoorGardeningUrban/ Educator-Gold http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Educator-Gold/ K12ADMINLIFE http://groups.yahoo.com/group/K12AdminLIFE/ The Russell Conwell Learning Center Research Guide: THE COLLEGE LEARNING CENTER http://tinyurl.com/yae7w79 Information Literacy http://guides.temple.edu/content.php?pid=22756&sid=2223487 Nina Dillard's Photographs on Net-Gold http://tinyurl.com/36qd2o and also http://www.flickr.com/photos/neemers/ Twitter: davidpdillard Bushell, R. & Sheldon, P. (eds), Wellness and Tourism: Mind, Body, Spirit, Place, New York: Cognizant Communication Books. Wellness Tourism: Bibliographic and Webliographic Essay David P. Dillard http://tinyurl.com/p63whl http://tinyurl.com/ou53aw INDOOR GARDENING Improve Your Chances for Indoor Gardening Success http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IndoorGardeningUrban/ http://groups.google.com/group/indoor-gardening-and-urban-gardening SPORT-MED https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/sport-med.html http://groups.google.com/group/sport-med http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sports-med/ http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/sport-med.html HEALTH DIET FITNESS RECREATION SPORTS TOURISM http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/healthrecsport/ http://groups.google.com/group/healthrecsport http://healthrecsport.jiglu.com/ http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/health-recreation-sports-tourism.html . . Please Ignore All Links to JIGLU in search results for Net-Gold and related lists. The Net-Gold relationship with JIGLU has been terminated by JIGLU and these are dead links. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/30664 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/healthrecsport/message/145 . .