A glove. Of the origin of the word still remains unclear interests believe that it may be coming from the word. It may also be that it comes from the old in the word that we need to fight. Anyhow lets take a look what a famous Search Engine shows when they enter the word fit. Oh i see a lot of young girls and lean. It seems that fitness is just something for young people isnt it. Introducing the seniors that this team of 9 older people is going to get down and dirty for in good shape. Theyre going to tackle a 5 kilometer Obstacle Course involving hurdles and muck soaked mayhem. Its known as tough mudder and like the name says its not for the squeamish and for. Nothing theyre getting their 1st taste right now watching what is doing the course is actually going you know exactly a lot of fun. And theyre up for the challenge. Of. Oh yeah instructor ellie is here to prepare the contestants with some intensive training on obstacles similar to those in the competitive event. Its my movie there are always 2 ways of getting over a hurdle with power or technique you guys ready. Jump up elbow down and then bring this like up to spine you. Something up in theory at least. But were always seen years manage the 5 k. Slog through mud and over the hurdles are they in shape for the challenge. I will share the results of this experiment with you in just a moment but 1st i will have a nice talk with the fitness pro dr fernando de meo here at the center for Sports Medicine in berlin. Do you want to know how you can stay 40 years long 40 years old i am told you right now. There are more than 650 skeletal muscles in your body and when we move come into action i quote me smile 70 not bad and frowning uses over 40 different muscles muscles are important strength is important no matter how old we are. This gym caters to very specifically entail people like darby whos been doing weight training for 20 years in the coast when and what training is important. It gets you through the day better. And sometimes you can show off a bit with your strengths to the customer not. Sports scientist andre is closer has developed a program for the elderly so how does it differ from normal weight training. If theres not that much difference between a 30 year old any 80 year old its more to do with Less Movement and exertion once youre past 50 systems and trophy faster and will deteriorate if we dont counteract that with a certain amount of intensive exercise but the training methods themselves are virtually identical well into old age. To understand why weight training is especially important for older people we need to look at our muscle structure. Skeletal muscles consist of red fiber is high in stamina but low on strength and white fibers which is strong but are not as good for insurance. The white fibers tend to atrophy from about the age of 30 but theyre the very ones needed to keep a stable on our feet falls are one of the most frequent causes of injury in old age. The type of must go over the force of more of those couple of years when you stumble on the stairs forces equivalent to 9 times your body weight come into play as you age and muscles weaken without enough exercise you cant muster the same strength we used to think it was about aging now we know its a process that people simply move less generally as they age and they also dont do enough intensive exercise. Thanks to her weight training gabby is fit and independent at 78. Is a good this. Is how well it works in summer 2002 i did some gardening and in the evening i had back pain and then in summer 2003 after 6 months exercising hair i did the same work again and i thought hey my back spine knew it no. Studies do indeed show that weight training. Its especially beneficial for the elderly when it comes to building. And it works best when they push themselves to their limits even with preexisting condition so high Blood Pressure or joint problems dont necessarily disqualify you. As you get older the temptation is always to find out how far can i still go you have to clear that with the doctors you cant just go at it like crazy with just checking you over. Anyone with circulates joint problems should consult a doctor about possible restrictions not weight training can benefit everyone at any age. I know that dr fernando de meo hes a sports doctor he. Needed scene in berlin which insulates into center for Sports Medicine hi nice to meet you today and what does fitness actually mean many people associate fitness with strength they have large muscles the body be lost but indeed fitness is a composite of 5 different abilities it is strength in durance flexibility coordination and speed all 5 are related to feet and if you lack one of them you cannot consider yourself quite fit well ok do understand this about strength and endurance because this is classical fitness but why is cutting nation so important well consider a person who want to dance if they are strong and they are very resistant they can turn for hours but its not going to be fun its not going to be graceful its not all not going to be nice for the partner you need all 5 abilities if you are not coordinated while riding a bike for example or if you are not flexible enough you are going to find it out and youre going to see that you have a lack of ability in this area i myself am a runner and i think ive got very good durance and im not very flexible so do you think i should work on a flexibility to consider myself being fit if you observe body builder for example is there really large person with a huge muscle mass but something falls behind or under the bed and he has to reach to find it well he is going to see that this huge muscles in this strength is not enough for daily activities which are out of the important well people do have Different Levels of fitness some people run a marathon and others are just bystanders and a lot of breath is that the kind of predisposition. Of course the huge part of it is inherited and we are born with different abilities but we all share why. Ability is the ability to improve our physical performance if we work out we adapt to exercise we adapt to physical ability and this is common for everybody hence if you say i am not very fit i was not born there if it where you can get fitter if you exercise. Even why growing older or is it normal that the fitness level decreases over age 9 what we observe is that people in their seventys school who are very active and keep exercising in the last 20 years they are a 5th or than people in their fiftys who do not and therefore the question is rather are it just one person wrote all their and losses physical ability or just they move less they are a list active time and therefore they lose their physical activity as a runner i realize that getting slower while im aging right now do you just have to accept the loss of fitness do you have to accept it no you do not how you can but if you do not accept it you can be active and actively working against that by means of exercise so it is useful to fight to keep your level of fitness or to even increase it while aging if you do not use a certain ability you are going to lose it and that applies to your ability to exercise to ability to play piano to your ability to speak a different language if you stop played piano for 10 years you lose the ability if you stop using your muscles for 10 years you lose the ability and how can you keep the loss of your fitness to a minimum the biz that you can do is move to a jungle where you have to climb the trees and run away from the lion and look for fruits to keep yourself alive but right now these are d. V. D. s are not necessary anymore and therefore we do not use the functions we need to keep ourselves a life therefore what you can do is to replace these movements you can be more active you can for example go for a walk or walk up stairs not using the elevators and riding your bike you state of your car but that is going to be enough to keep your. Well everybody talks. About how can we take. The lower legs of track runners have about 30 percent more bone mass than normal the upper arm of a tennis player up to 40 percent more. Athletes like volleyball players have the strongest bones as they jump and hit the ball. But can even not athletes train their own bones into better shape we ask. And bone specialist dr how that works. Throughout our lives bones continued to be remodeled and renewed in response to the stress on them. Right into old age theres plenty of activity going on. Thats because the muscles attached to our bones pull and exert forces on them. Doesnt move it will fracture over time however that elasticities decreases. Thats where the team of bone renovators come in cells known as osteoclasts blast and. The osteoclasts of the cleanup crew breaking down going to issue that has become too weak. Then come the blasts they replace missing bone material. For the sites. Theyre the foreman who oversee the entire operation but theres otherwise well organized team has a weak link by the time we reach 40. Start slacking off when it comes to delivering construction material. This can result in a loss of mass. But people can help themselves through physical activity. Knows a range of simple exercises for getting your bones over. Out in the Shopping Mall she soon finds passers by eager to join in. On. This and belly on the boat with your feet providing support at the back then from a rounded position you straighten your back and body with your arms forming a u. And then back down again. 2 sessions of 10 repetitions help to bolster all the back muscles which pull on your spine. That instructs the body to send mass to every vertebra. Dont feel like you do something for al as for that area if the next exercise is a force. The head doesnt want your hands need to be directly beneath your shoulders and your knees and your hip joints you then stretch out your right tom and your left leg and then drew in your right elbow to meet your left knee in the middle. And then stretch out again very get good. Exercises like this are called functional training as long as you dont have osteoporosis you can practice at home on your own as a preventative measure. If you do have osteoporosis you should ask your doctor to prescribe sessions with a physio therapist either alone or in a group. The final exercises for beefing up. Your training equipment here consists of 2 bottles of water. Carrying their weight via your back and you move forward one step at a time using your knees as. Its the spring enos that matters not how low you get when you should do this for one or 2 minutes at a time. Any exercise also means a worker. Our sense of balance is helping to keep us on our feet and avoid nasty fawns more good news for those good old volatile. Drug. Dealing drugs drugs. Which deficits should be sensitive about well it is something you can count on you are going to lose physical ability if you do not exercise and it is the same as asking how many crashes sure should i support before your driving your car how many crashes should i have before i sign insurance police well you are doing before it because you know its something that cant happen you do not expect it to have it you dont want it to happen but it can be therefore its better to prevent and to start exercising at the right time and not to wait until you realize that you are not fit enough but how do we counteract them or avoid them can you give us some practical advice you have 2 possibilities if you have an active lifestyle if you walk a lot if you use the spear since that is of the elevator you are going to keep your physical ability your performance for a longer time that if you want to increase it for example after i. P. C. S. Or after the winter you move less during the winter well in this case you need more activity and you need an exercise program you have several possibilities you can work out in a facility or you can Work Together with a trainer or you have many resources in the internet different Training Programs for different this is it or different goals and any specific activities you would advise to your patients the best is always the combination of different for example if you run a lot you are not walking with your upper body muscles if you swim you are not walking on your flexibility therefore the best solution is to combine different sports. What i usually find very difficult is to find the road for sports and exercise and i mean we do have other things to do in our live the recommendation of the American College of Sports Medicine also of the. Few minutes in use at least 5 hours per week and that can see a lot but most people spend 5 hours on on sunday watching t. V. And doing nothing therefore its not too much and i personally would say at least they really 3040 minutes even more where you can rise your heart beat and that is going to be enough so this is not about competitive sports its more of. Being active its not all about competitive sport its about exercise of moving the chimpanzees are not competing with each other they are just trying to keep themselves fit a life and healthy and that should be also the goal to keep on moving to exercise to have a more productive life to feel better and not to win something that isnt ideal kind of sport for everyone the best exercise routine the best sport for you is the one you like the most because the most important part of the Training Program for an exercise program is too near to stick to it and if you dont like what you are doing you are going to find some excuses to avoid it but if you really like it if you if you are looking forward for your hour they were you exercise well you are going to keep on it well in the olden days everything was much more difficult if you want to eat something new had to go out into the forest and hunt deer and thing bring it back home and cook indeed it and today you just go to the fridge and pop the thing into the microwave but i think today its the same with sports and exercise smolen life makes it much easier like an s. Is pumping iron for hours on end really necessary or is there an alternative instead of working out how about electric miles stimulation or e. M. s. Thomas and matt ideal for comparison tests because theyre identical twins. Thomas on the left will be doing classic weight training. Tryouts e. M. s will be put through their paces by hines klein hes a leading expert in electric muscle stimulation. The 1st step is for both brothers to take to the scales before taking to the weights for a muscle strength in valuation. On stuff. That come on overall you had very similar results. In some areas your stats were practically identical the few differences are very limited. Messiest is trying out c. M. s for the 1st time its like a natural muscle contraction which also involves current running across the brain. With natural muscle contractions the brain dispatches an electrical impulse that travels along your old pathways that target the relevant muscle fiber that impulse eventually reaches the protein filaments. This causes them to overlap and slide past each other. The muscle contracts and releases its power. With electric stimulation you bypass the brain by attaching electrodes directly onto the muscle. Now the current flows through the skin and straight to the nerve endings on the muscle from where the command again reaches the protein strands if the subject now consciously tenses their muscles the 2 come arms from the e. M. s cuff and the brain and. Fight each other. By the special full body suit contains a range of electrodes to ensure that pull the vital muscle groups can become fit. The electrodes. Its in the hip to all. Just stand there you start getting a feel for it and i pick the fruit of the ts hold several different poses for 20 minutes each the electrical current increases the muscle tension. Thomas meanwhile will be working out with weights for the next 6 weeks im saying its tough going isnt it. The intensity depends on the number of repetitions. Which i determine 151210 c. 6 weeks later its time to review the results im working. Come come come come come come come come come come come come come come on shop. Shop come come come come come come come come come come come come come come. Has that muscle strength increased and if so by how much remember that they started out in pretty much the same shape. But yes i am as much years after m. S. Your stats have increased theres not massively between one in 10 percent with a few staying the same. Classical training using the pyramid system and have increases of between 10 and 25 percent in this i was 20 percent so your rates of improvement are a lot higher. But thats also because of the initial evaluation which did use weights so the classical Training Program was more similar to the test than e. M. s which takes a holistic approach without the use of weights and. Basically both training methods worked both improved. So electrical stimulation does work although you still have to sweat for me its. Got to be me whats your take on this training when people ask me that i ask them if i can offer you a pill where you have all the nutrients that you need you dont have to eat any more would you take it of course you save a lot of time but you are not going to be more you are not going to enjoy the smell and the days of the food you are not talking with friends while you cook or while you eat that means exercise is not only pumping with your muscles its much more than that this enjoying the nature of moving yourself meeting new people and if you are only using synthetic exercice metal you are going to lose the whole rest thank you so much for the very interesting talk and long to have a look at our Senior Citizens of the training goes and what the results are. All knowing senior contestants have been training hard for the 5 k. Obstacle course through them. And still goes. Wrong it was. Only. The moment of truth will be oldsters make it through the month and will they training help them hold their own against younger participants. Its a good. Thank you are right its so liberating and my. The entire team lost it the tough mudder cause congratulations well theres no folks like an old folks so theres hope for me to see you again next week until then lets all try to stay in good shape. It. Is no longer alone in belgium mourning more people are rising up on that see the art historian is fighting against to romanticize asian african countries Colonial Heights and for confronting repression she is demanding more equal rights and respect for all nonwhite people together with many others to some good strong girl. In 30 minutes w. Very proud despite the danger of coronavirus people who shop at weekly markets in zimbabwe may be risking their life. I want our alternative. To start up some of the fresh food and vegetables right to your door especially when you know. If you save. 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