{"id":158,"date":"2015-08-03T16:11:38","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T16:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minimalisticfitness.com\/articles\/?p=158"},"modified":"2015-08-03T16:11:48","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T16:11:48","slug":"exercise-the-key-to-stimulate-growth-and-repair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minimalisticfitness.com\/articles\/exercise\/exercise-the-key-to-stimulate-growth-and-repair\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise…the Key to Stimulate Growth and Repair of Cells"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"minimalist<\/a>Whether we want to believe it or not, whether we accept it or not, doesn\u2019t change the fact\/truth that our bodies stay healthier, function better and last longer when they get proper muscle building and maintaining exercise.<\/p>\n

Exercise is exactly what the body needs to stimulate \u201cgrowth and repair\u201d hormones whose job it is to keep us healthy and strong.<\/a><\/strong> <\/em>The constant release of \u201cyouth\u201d hormones doing its job of renewing cells and tissues is what prevents destructive chemicals relaying the message to your cells to decay, degenerate and die.<\/p>\n

Without vigorous movement stimulating the muscular system<\/a> such as strength training of some sort, you send the message to your body that strength is no longer needed and your body automatically obliges your wishes by switching to \u201cshutdown\u201d and degeneration mode.<\/p>\n

Vigorous movement triggers the release of \u201chuman growth hormone\u201d, a chemical messenger that ensures that instruction are given to old worn out cells and tissues to be repaired, rebuilt, replaced and renewed.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Each year as you become more and more sedentary, you place less and less stress on your muscle tissue which results in muscle mass and strength loss taking place. In general, from their 20\u2019s on, people will begin to see a decrease of about \u00bd to 1 pound of muscle per year if it is not being utilized properly.<\/p>\n

While this may not seem like much in the short-term, it ends up being about 10 pounds of lean muscle mass loss per decade. After age 50, the rate of muscle loss accelerates and doubles so by the time you reach your 60\u2019s it can be rather terrifying.<\/p>\n

The total muscle mass at this point could be as much as \u00bd or more of your total mass tissue which results in serious lost strength and functional fitness. Nursing homes are bulging with those that can no longer take care of themselves.<\/p>\n

Many people don\u2019t realize how intimately related healthy muscle mass is with a healthy immune system. You can\u2019t have one without the other\u2026when you lose muscle mass, you see a decline in your immune function.<\/p>\n

However, after performing an intense session that kicks up your heart rate and gets you sweating, your circulation of antibodies and killer cells dramatically increases by as much as 50-300 percent after the session is over. That\u2019s quite a sweet bonus don\u2019t you think<\/em>? It gives you an amazing edge to fight off infections and boost your immune system.<\/p>\n

Truth is, the more muscle mass you have, the stronger you are and the better able you will be to defend yourself against age-related declines in functional performance.<\/p>\n

Some of the symptoms of disuse that should be signals to get going because we are not being active enough are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Weak, soft, flabby muscles<\/p>\n

Over-weight or obesity<\/p>\n

Excess belly fat<\/p>\n

Constant fatigue<\/p>\n

Lack of endurance<\/p>\n

Chronic low back or joint pain<\/p>\n

Intolerance to stress<\/p>\n

Anxiety and depression<\/p>\n

Poor circulation<\/p>\n

Increased blood pressure<\/p>\n

Blood fat levels<\/p>\n

Elevated resting pulse rate<\/p>\n

Signs of disease setting in<\/p>\n

There are no shortcuts in life and your body will give you exactly what you are asking it to through the actions you perform daily.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you are sedentary your message is one of \u201cshut-down\u201d\u2026if you are actively challenging your muscle<\/a>s you are in \u201cregeneration mode.\u201d<\/p>\n

Your choice.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Whether we want to believe it or not, whether we accept it or not, doesn\u2019t change the fact\/truth that our bodies stay healthier, function better and last longer when they get proper muscle building and maintaining exercise. Exercise is exactly what the body needs to stimulate \u201cgrowth and repair\u201d hormones whose job it is to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[57,59,58],"class_list":["post-158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exercise","category-strength-training","tag-growth-hormone","tag-strength-training-and-anti-aging","tag-youth-hormone","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/minimalisticfitness.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/minimalisticfitness.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/minimalisticfitness.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minimalisticfitness.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minimalisticfitness.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/minimalisticfitness.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163,"href":"https:\/\/minimalisticfitness.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions\/163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/minimalisticfitness.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minimalisticfitness.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minimalisticfitness.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}