In 1490, Ponce de Leon set out to find the fountain of youth. He didn’t find it, and now, more than 500 year later, the only mechanism ever found to prolong life and delay aging is exercise. There is no data whatever to show that antioxidants, vitamins, or anything else prolong life. All tests that are used to measure aging really measure physical fitness. A fit 70-year old will score younger on aging tests than an out-of-shape 20 year old.
Scientists measure aging with a test called VO2max, your maximal ability to take in and use oxygen. Studies from Ball State University, Courtland State, Washington University in St. Louis and Mt Sinai Medical Center in Milwaukee show that intense
5 Components of Physical Fitness ...the fitness components, since overemphasizing any one of them may hurt the others. Variety Providing a variety of activities reduces boredom and increases motivation and progress. Specificity Training must be geared toward specific goals. For example, people become better runners ...
exercise maintains fitness. People who do not exercise lose 15 percent of their fitness per decade, those who exercise at low intensity lose nine percent, while those who exercise intensely barely lose any fitness at all.
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