I know that excersise is a healthy way to stay fit...and that some excersises are less beneficial than others..for example running is bad on the joints from the constant impacting on the legs..do any of you know the downside of swimming excersises or is it all gravy...im 37 and fitter than i was at 20!!!!!!!
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Phil Whitten, swimming guru and gerontologist, has demonstrated that Masters swimmers show much less decrease in VO2max with age than the rest of the population. There is a 1% decline per year (after which age, I forget) in the average person, but in Masters swimmers there is actually an increase until 40, then the yearly drop is almost imperceptible until the 70s.
This is consistent with the emerging belief that many of the physical declines we usually associate with aging are actually the rest of a sedentary lifestyle.
Phil Whitten, swimming guru and gerontologist, has demonstrated that Masters swimmers show much less decrease in VO2max with age than the rest of the population. There is a 1% decline per year (after which age, I forget) in the average person, but in Masters swimmers there is actually an increase until 40, then the yearly drop is almost imperceptible until the 70s.
This is consistent with the emerging belief that many of the physical declines we usually associate with aging are actually the rest of a sedentary lifestyle.
