(no subject)
And before you ask: at present there is absolutely no solid evidence that strength training-or any other exercise or dietary program-will substantially prolong our life spans. But the preponderance of the scientific evidence, flawed as it is, strongly indicates that we can change the trajectory of decline. We can recover functional years that would otherwise have been lost. There is much talk in the aging studies community about “compression of morbidity,” a shortening of the dysfunctional phase of the death process. Instead of slowly getting weaker and sicker and circling the drain in a protracted, painful descent that can take hellish years or even decades, we can squeeze our dying into a tiny sliver of our life cycle. Instead of slowly dwindling into an atrophic puddle of sick fat, our death can be like a failed last rep at the end of a final set of heavy squats. We can remain strong and vital well into our last years, before succumbing rapidly to whatever kills us. Strong to the end.
That, my friends, is Big Medicine.
http://startingstrength.com/articles/barbell_medicine_sullivan.pdf
That, my friends, is Big Medicine.
http://startingstrength.com/articles/barbell_medicine_sullivan.pdf