INCREASE LONGEVITY
People Who Do Strength Training Live Longer
Regular physical activity has many known health benefits, one of which is that it might help you live longer.
In a new study published in The British Journal of Sports Medicine, researchers found that while doing either aerobic exercise or strength training was associated with a lower risk of dying during the study’s time frame, regularly doing both — one to three hours a week of aerobic exercise and one to two weekly strength training sessions — was associated with an even lower mortality risk.
How we can help you transform your health
Poor health affects every aspect of your life.
From the boardroom, to the bedroom, social life and to your time with loved ones.
But optimising your diet, training and lifestyle together can be transformative for all aspects of life and enhance longevity.
Our approach gives objective improvements in health markers, such as blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol, and more subjective metrics such as mood, cognition, focus, energy and self-esteem, ovver 1000 Hobson’s bay locals have experienced it first-hand with us. Start your body transformation journey and view our leading personal trainers and coaches here.
Here are just some of the benefits:
Live longer
Muscle mass is one of the greatest predictors of longevity.
Losing weight can increase your life expectancy.
Being overweight cuts years off your life.
Being severely obese can cut your life short by up to 10 years.
Boost cognitive function
Regular exercise and improved body composition are associated with improved mood, mental health, cognitive function and reduced risk of chronic disease.
Lower Inflammation
Consistent training and diet can help reduce chronic inflammation that is associated with many disease states from autoimmune diseases to later-life conditions like Alzheimer’s, dementia and Parkinson’s.
Getting to a healthy body composition.
BMR becomes irrelevant when muscle gain is considered, however there are optimal ranges for bodyfat
Avoid Sarcopenia / Reduce muscle loss
You can slow the age-related decline in muscle mass and strength (sarcopenia) that can start in middle age with personalised nutrition and regular weight training.
For this reason we profess that one should do weight training a minimum of 2x per week until the day they die if able
Improve bone density
Resistance training can help increase bone density and prevent fractures related to osteoporosis which affect 50% of women post-menopause, and 20% of men.
Increase Testosterone and balance hormones.
Men who exercise regularly and lose weight can improve problems with decreased fertility, erectile dysfunction, breast tissue growth and lower sperm count that obesity and lower testosterone levels can cause.
Around 80% of obese women suffer from PCOS which can affect fertility, weight control, and mood. But diet and exercise can help improve the balance of sex hormones and fertility rates can double with weight loss.
Improve menopause symptoms
Nutrition, Supplementation and exercise changes can help better manage problems associated with menopause, such as insulin resistance, weight gain, osteoporosis, depression and cognitive decline.
Enhance mood
Weight loss is shown to drastically improve the mental health of people struggling with depressive symptoms.
Basically if you don’t use it, you lose it!
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