Newsflash: You lose muscle, strength, and climbing the stairs becomes a chore as you get older.
Well, maybe this is nothing new to you and it shouldn’t be.
Loss of muscle function is just one of those facts of life we try sending to the depths of the brain.
Then something reminds us. A picture, a movie, a phone call that a friend has passed away and suddenly reality sets in faster than you can whistle Dixie.
You have probably heard “use it or lose it.” This is particularly important when it comes to muscles.
The couch potato lifestyle can contribute to developing chronic illnesses, such as diabetes, and heart disease.
Combining resistance exercise and consuming essential amino acids can produce better results than doing one or the other by itself.
Your body can come up with non-essential amino acids on its own. However, essential amino acids can be consumed in the food that you eat.
Dairy products, eggs, and meat are good sources of those building blocks of protein that your body needs to repair, build, and strengthen itself.
Vegetarians can also get what they need in soy or quinoa. Seeds and beans only have some of the essential amino acids.
Supplementation may be necessary if your food intake does not meet the protein requirements.
Once again, you don’t have to start sprinting to the grocery store instead of driving your car.
You can do crunches in your living room, free weights, or head to the gym and work out using the weight machines.
Just look around next time you are walking or biking down one of the trails in San Antonio.
There are people that have no legs using 3 wheel bikes, runners with one leg and a prosthesis replacing the other, family or friends pushing a loved one in a wheelchair.
There is no guarantee in life. You may have working eyes, ears, lungs, arms, legs, and feet today, but one of those groups may not be functioning at full capacity tomorrow.
Love the body you are in right now and be grateful for the life that has been given to you for tomorrow is another day to wake up with no regrets.
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