Interesting article on Yahoo! News describing the benefits of weight training and the slowing of the aging process. Time to hit the gym! Start taking some HGH along with the weight training and 100 will be the new 40.
Researchers have found that seniors who participated in weight training not only improved muscle strength and endurance - they actually reversed some of the effects of aging in certain muscle tissue at the cellular level.
In a study published online Wednesday in PLoS One - a journal of the Public Library of Science - the researchers found that energy-producing “mitochondria” in skeletal muscle cells can be revitalized with weight-training exercise, returning them to a state closer to those found in younger people.
