National Nursing Review : Nursing Study Resources & Health Tips

Muscle strength is needed to perform activities of daily life with as little inconvenience and risk of injury. The age, especially from the 2nd half of life, and lack of exercise also act together to reduce the strength and muscle mass. Even those individuals who are stronger, slowly and imperceptibly may find themselves too weak to perform the most routine tasks in the last decades of his life. The effort to develop and maintain muscle strength in the present, will be rewarded to ensure the ability to live independently and normal in the future.
The strength training also increases:

• Bone mineral density
• LBM
• The strength of the connective tissues

Although the increase in aerobic capacity and carries a certain increase in strength, this is small, especially in the upper body. So work is necessary to develop this capacity specifically at least 3 times a week. Generally, to increase muscle mass is necessary to act against resistance or lifting. To work the major muscle groups (legs, arms, abdomen, upper body) is convenient to choose different exercises. (more…)