How Menopausal Women Should Exercise
New attention is being paid to how menopausal women should exercise to delay or decrease the onset of muscle deterioration from aging.
University of Salzburg researchers looked at 2 specific types of physical training. One is called hypertrophy resistance training; the other is SuperSlow(R) which is slower exercising with fewer repetitions.
Both types of training increase the ratio of muscle mass to fatty and connective tissue. But slower exercising had a more positive effect.
The researchers studied different groups of women from 45 to 55 years old for a period of 12 weeks each. They were looking at how menopausal women’s muscles deteriorate and how best to slow or reverse the process.
The slower training appeared to work better. So exercise programs will be developed with these results in mind. The goal is to reduce injuries and give older women a better quality of life.
