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Seniors and Older Adults Benefit From Weight Training

By , About.com Guide   October 9, 2009

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I'm never quite sure when an older adult becomes a senior these days; or if it's the other way around; or even if the terms are any use at all. The rules of fitness and health pretty much cross age boundaries, even though exercise capability changes to some extent with age.

And over at the Supertraining forum it's become quite a habit now to refer to older exercisers (over 50s perhaps) as "geezers." How embarrasing. All in jest though, and there does seem to be a lot of geezers -- or maybe they just have more opinions to offer!

Anyway, I put together a summary of why every geezer or senior or older adult should get into weight training.

To stay young of course! How Weight Training Helps Seniors Stay Young.

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