Monday, September 8, 2008

Strength Training - Helps Remove Fear and Pain of Aging

In the last century nearly 30 years has been added to the average life expectancy in the industrialized world. But for many older adults these later years are not a time of happiness and wellbeing. A century ago, the average adult in the Western world spent only 1 per cent of their life in an ill or unhealthy state towards the end of life, but today's average adult spends more than 10 per cent of their life ill. Has modern medical science extended the human life span but not managed to extend the human health span?