Need come from the word for. It may also be that it comes from the elite in that we need to fight. Anyhow lets take a look what a famous Search Engine shows when the end of 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. 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 but for. Now theyre getting their 1st taste right now watching others doing the course is actually very good looks like 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 the 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 leg up just find you. Some play enough in theory at least. But will it always seem years manage the 5 k. Slog through mud and over the hurdles are they in shape for the challenge. That youre. 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 paid you right now. There are more than 650 skeletal muscles in our body and when we move come into action i quote me smile 70 not bad and frowning uses over 40 different muscles my thoughts 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 closed when and for what training is important. It gets you through the day better. And sometimes you can show off a bit with your strength and 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 actually 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. And big the force of more of those 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 as 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 nor. No. Studies do indeed show that weight training. Its especially beneficial for the elderly when it comes to building and maintaining us. And it works best when they push themselves to their limits even with preexisting conditions 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 still go but you have to clear that with the doctors you cant just go at it like crazy without checking you over. Anyone with circulates joint problems should consult a doctor about possible restriction but not chaining can benefit everyone at any age. I love dr fernando de meo hes a sports doctor he gets into fish bowl media 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 and they have large muscles the well 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 nations on part and well consider a person who want to dance if they are strong and they are very resistant they cant run 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 driving 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 my 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 hes going to see that these huge muscles in this strength is not enough for daily activities which are also very important where people do have Different Levels of fitness some people run a marathon and others are just bystanders and a lot of breath is the kind of predisposition. Of course the huge part of it is inherited and we are born with different abilities but we all share. 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 there with it 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 fewer 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 with time and therefore they lose their physical activity is around i realize that getting slower while im aging right now do you just have to accept my 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 not 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 activities 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 in a state of your car but that is going to be enough to keep your level of physical performance for a long time where everybody talks about our muscles and how to train them but how can we take care of our boates well we get it in sports and exercise. The lower legs of track runners have about 30 percent more 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 an athlete strain their own bones into better shape. We asked physio therapist. And bone specialist dr how that works. To take you 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 osteoblasts and also. 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. As for the osteo sites. Theyre the foreman who oversee the entire operation but this otherwise well organized team has a weak link by the time we reach 40 are all still blast start slacking off when it comes to delivering construction material. This can result in a loss of. Osteoporosis. But people can help themselves through physical activity so they occur in most knows a range of simple exercises for giving your bones a workout. Out in the Shopping Mall she soon finds passers by eager to join in. That. Alvis and belly on the bull with your feet providing support at the back and then from a rounded position you straighten your back and body with you alms forming a you and them back down again. 2 sessions of repetitions help to bolster all the back muscles which pull on your spine. That instructs the body to send fresh bone mass to every vertebra. Dont feel like you do something for al as for that area if the next exercise is on force. The hand isnt on i dont 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 drill 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 exercise is for beefing up. Your training equipment here consists of 2 bottles of water and 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 what you should do this for one or 2 minutes at a time im still doing. Any exercise also means a workout process of balance helping to keep us on our feet and avoid. More good news for those good old bulletin susan. 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 an insurance policy well you are doing before because you know its something that can happen and 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 stairs since this 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 working with your upper body muscles if you swim you are not working 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 we do have other things to do now have the recommendation of the American College of Sports Medicine also. The. Few minutes in use at least 5 hours per week and that can seem 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 daily 3040 minutes even more where you can rise your heart beat and that is going to be enough so this is not the bogs and competitive sports its more of. Being active its not all about competitive sport its about exercise of out 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 is still an 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 theyd where you exercise well you are going to keep on it well back 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 everything into the microwave but i think today its the same with sports and exercise smolen life makes it much easier like an indian s. Is pumping iron for hours on end really necessary or is there an alternative instead of working out how about electro miles stimulation or e. M. s. Thomas and ideal for comparison tests because theyre identical twins. Until mass on the left will be doing classic weight training will try out the m. X. Theyll be put through their paces by hines klein hes a leading expert on 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. Our. Own stuff. Got come on over you had very similar results. In some areas your stats were practically identical the few differences are very limited and. 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 neural pathways at its 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. From work with electric stimulation you bypass the brain by attaching electrodes directly onto the muscle. Now the current flows through this. Again 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 to come alms from the e. M. s cuff and the brain amplify 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. In the huge wall. Just stand there you start getting a feel for it and i could do for good or. 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 trying 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 workin. Out come come come come come come come come come come come come. Come come come come come come come come come come come come come come come on from. Has that muscle strength increased and if so by how much i remember that they started out in pretty much the same shape. As my tears after m. S. Your stats have increased not massively between one and 10 percent with a few staying the same. The last word is almost classical training using the pyramid system and have increases of between 10 and 25 percent i was 20 percent so your rates of improvement are a lot higher. But thats also because of the initial evaluation like we. 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 it really goes it was. Basically both training methods worked you both improved by the. House no electrical stimulation does work although you still have to sweat for its. Got to be 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 cook any 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 use in synthetic exercise metal you are going to loose the whole rest thank you so much for those very interesting talk and long to have a look at our Senior Citizens of the training goes and what the results. Are 9 senior contestants have been training hard for the 5 k. Obstacle course through them. And. It was. Only. The moment of truth will be oldsters make it through the mud and will they training help them hold their own against the younger participants. Good god does not make. The climate the you are right its so liberating and my. The entire team osted the tough mudder coolest congratulations well theres no folks like an old folks so theres hope for me to see you again next week and until then thats all try to stay in good shape. An unprecedented approach. Handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Has become a polarizing topic within the country. Its relaxed attitude has left those affected feeling helpless and grieving they are paying the price for smeaton strategy occurred to me initially. 3000. And 30 minutes on. The ship. To sally beyond the control east meets modern day. Humanity on the move in malaysia starter founders help Migrant Workers assert their basic human rights migrants are key to the countrys growth but many legal status in this change for the next generation. In 60 minutes on t. 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