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Resistance Training Can Change Your Life
Resistance training is a vital intervention for healthy aging, offering musculoskeletal, metabolic, and psychosocial benefits. It helps counteract Sarcopenia by preserving muscle mass, strength, and functional capacity, thereby reducing frailty and fall risk. Metabolically, it improves insulin sensitivity and body composition, contributing to the prevention and management of Metabolic Syndrome and related cardiometabolic conditions. Psychosocially, resistance training enhances self-efficacy, mood, and quality of life. Its adaptability and measurable functional improvements also promote greater adherence, making it an effective and sustainable strategy for maintaining health and independence in older adults. |
Speaker: Saied Jalal Aboodarda is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary. His research focuses on the physiological responses to fatigue and pain perceived during exercise, with an emphasis on understanding the interactions between neural, physiological, and perceptual systems during physical stress. Dr. Aboodarda has published over 80 peer-reviewed scientific articles, and his work has been cited more than 2,950 times. He has also actively contributed to the global scientific community by presenting his research at more than 50 international conferences. His work continues to advance knowledge in exercise physiology and pain science, informing both clinical and performance-related applications. (Image courtesy of J. Aboodarda) |
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