IT'S NEVER TOO LATE

I was inspired by the article in The New York Times magazine, November 28, 2010; The Incredible Flying Nonagenarian by Bruce Grierson, to share the following:


My highlights of the article are as follows:
The cohort of people 85 and older — the fastest-growing segment of the population, as it happens — is increasingly being studied for longevity clues.
Some researchers now see aging itself as a kind of mitochondrial disease. Defective mitochondria appear as we get older, and these researchers say that they rob us of endurance, strength and function. There’s evidence that for young patients with mitochondrial disease, exercise is a potent tool, slowing the symptoms. If that’s true, then exercise could also potentially be a kind of elixir of youth, combating the ravages of aging far more than we thought. 
EXERCISE HAS BEEN shown to add between six and seven years to a life span (and improve the quality of life in countless ways).

Dear J's BIG GYM members,

Every once in a while I come across something I think worth sharing with our members. It may be things I read or just my own thoughts. Some of this info is posted on the blue triangular notice board located just as you enter the gym. Rather than fill your e-mail box with more stuff, I will post these things here.

The first article was in the Wall St Journal on Sep 1. It talks about exercise as we grow older. I guess this is close to my heart. Click here to see the first article: http://tinyurl.com/ncwtwr

Please enjoy and feel free to e-mail me at JsBLOG@JsBigGym.com and be sure to bookmark http://jsbiggym.blogspot.com/


Best of health,
Jay