February 28, 2014

Older people need as little time each day to spend in a seated position. Scientists from the US recently reported that if a person who has attained 60 years old Sitting every day a lot of time, the extra hour of sitting a day doubles the probability of becoming disabled. This fact, and how much time a person regularly engaged in physical activity, in this case does not matter.

The research, which scientists carried out over three years, have been published in influential medical journals. The research involves the study of the health of more than two thousand volunteers, who were already executed 60 . Some participants in the experiment were calm, temperate lifestyle. Throughout the experiment, all the participants enjoyed accelerometers that measured the time spent by people in a sitting position and the time that they spent a moderately active.

Results of studies have shown that people who spend more time sitting, had a higher chance of becoming disabled. According to scientists, the elderly should try to spend less time in the chair by the monitor or TV. Doctors give some guidance to elderly patients. For example, you can walk slowly around the room during a long telephone conversation, walk up the stairs, to hold meetings with friends in a leisurely stroll. Beneficial to all seniors a device called a pedometer, which determines the number of daily steps performed.

By the way, scientists recommend not only walk, but run, and, backwards. The fact that during such running occurs absolutely no training those muscles which are exposed when the voltage " standard "Running.

Scientists from Milan   even we conducted a special study, which led to information about the beneficial properties of this type of racing. So, while running backwards people spend thirty%   more energy than during normal running. This original jogging can reduce the load on the foot and knee joints, which is a very important point for those people who suffer from diseases of the joints, or simply for people age. Therefore, such slow jogging useful even for them.

Another positive influence on the body of "inverted" jogging - the development of a sense of balance. If a person regularly runs backwards, he develops great coordination of movements. Experts recommend running because the people who have the first symptoms Parkinson's disease .

Also in this race is an active development musculoskeletal system . For maximum load in this case falls on the part of the skeleton and muscles that would not be used in normal jogging.

By the way, today even recorded a world record in this race: the athlete ran backwards 5 km for 19, 31 minutes.