Is running the fountain of youth for older people? The NY Times discusses a new study.

Is running the fountain of youth for older people? The NY Times discusses a new study. Running and other exercise regimens are more popular than ever with the older population. While physical fitness is important, especially regarding cardiovascular health in older people, apparently, a new research study suggests that those who run regularly and get good cardiovascular workouts from running walk much better too. These benefits may also extend to other cardiovascular exercise regimens as well. While biomechanically, walkers and runners appear to be the same on the surface and in the way their joints look and work, the new research suggests that older runners actually have more pep in their step when walking, which may be due to muscular changes at the cellular level that affects the energy level they have. Check this out

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

Running may reverse aging in certain ways while walking does not, a noteworthy new study of active older people finds. The findings raise interesting questions about whether most of us need to pick up the pace of our workouts in order to gain the greatest benefit.

Walking is excellent exercise. No one disputes that idea. Older people who walk typically have a lower incidence of obesity, arthritis, heart disease and diabetes, and longer lifespans than people who are sedentary. For many years, in fact, physicians and scientists have used how far and fast someone can walk as a marker of health as people age.

But researchers and older people themselves also have noted that walking ability tends to decline with age. Older people whose primary exercise is walking often start walking more slowly and with greater difficulty as the years pass, fatiguing more easily.

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