Question

Your neighbor, a 45-year-old friend of your family, has asked you for advice about muscle strength. She wants to know whether it is too late for her to start focusing on her muscles to improve her health. What should you tell her?
Benefits of muscle strength decrease as you get older.
Benefits of muscle strength increase as you get older.
Benefits of muscle strength do not offer much for health.
Benefits of muscle strength have not been analyzed adequately.

Answer 1

The right answer is B.

Participation in regular physical activity, including both aerobic exercise, balance and strength, provides many positive responses, contributes to healthy aging and prolongs the independence of older adults.

Physical exercise makes it possible from a physiological point of view to:

* Increase functional abilities (pulmonary, cardiovascular, muscular function) and psychic.

* Improve body composition (decrease in body fat, increase in muscle mass and bone mineral density)

* Reduce the risk of pathologies (respiratory, cardiovascular, muscular, articular, metabolic, neurodegenerative, cancers)

* Reduce the effects of aging and increase disability-free life expectancy.

Answer 2

B. Benefits of muscle strength increase as you get older.

I believe this is the correct answer because as you get older, you can become weaker, but if you have good muscle strength, you can still do the things you normally do without feeling weaker.