189 – Safe Strength Training for Enhanced Cognitive Health and Anti-Aging

This is me getting ready on the Leg Press in Planet Health, Galway, Ireland. I should be leaning back!

Back in October 2018, I was featured on eCareDiary.com and Blog Talk Radio to talk about the benefits of resistance training for seniors.

Check out my strength training Q&A on eCare Diary here

This is a very short podcast episode, I cover:

• How resistance training improves cognitive health
• How resistance training provides anti-aging benefits
• How to get started with high intensity strength training
• … and more

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Selected Links from the Episode

• Body by Science: A Research Based Program for Strength Training, Body building, and Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week by Dr Doug McGuff and John R. Little
• High Intensity Training Explained | Drew Baye
• Find a high intensity training facility here
• Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose on The Cognitive Health Benefits of High Intensity Training
• Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
• IGF-1
• Exercise training increases size of hippocampus and improves memory
• Resistance training promotes cognitive and functional brain plasticity in seniors with probable mild cognitive impairment: A 6-month randomized controlled trial
• Resistance Exercise Reverses Aging in Human Skeletal Muscle
• Simon Melov, PhD – How Exercise Reverses Aging (#155)

People Mentioned

• Simon Melov PhD (Listen to my episode with Simon here)
• Dr Doug McGuff (Listen to my episodes with Doug here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5)
• John Little (Listen to my episodes with John here: Part 1, and Part 2)