Get A Grip
Posted Dec 12, 2022 at 12:40
Weak muscles predict higher risk of physical disease, mental disability and early death !
Imagine a pill that would give you a firm grip on the aging process, literally slow biological aging down, cause you to feel better physically, mentally and emotionally on a daily basis, and improve your chances of living longer and staying healthy and capable well into old age. While there is no such pill, the case for maintaining physical strength to slow the biological hands of time has become incredibly strong.
And new research reveals that biological age — how old you really are deep down inside compared to the number of candles on your birthday cake — can be measured using grip strength as a proxy which is 1/10 key measures in our own Initial consults !
“We’ve known that muscular strength is a predictor of longevity, and that weakness is a powerful indicator of disease and mortality,” said Mark Peterson, PhD, an associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Michigan
Peterson and his colleagues compared grip strength in 1,274 middle-aged people to DNA-based biomarkers of aging. Across 10 years of measurements, people with weak grips were found, on average, to age faster. Other research has shown that accelerated biological aging, measured by the same biomarkers, increases risk for everything from diabetes and heart attacks to disability, dementia and early death.
In order to reduce the risk of age-related frailty, it is increasingly important to maintain strength into middle age and older adulthood, with greater relative value in later life
At Team Peak we make sure to practice what we preach and that includes getting regular adjustments , working out , mixing aerobic activities with strength training & lots of outdoor activities.
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Study = Peterson, M. D., Collins, S., Meier, H. C. S., Brahmsteadt, A., and Faul, J. D. (2022) Grip strength is inversely associated with DNA methylation age acceleration, Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle.
