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How middle-aged men can keep fit and fight aging

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Asked on:Mar 23, 2026 12:08 PM

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  • Corinna Corinna

    Mar 23, 2026

      After people enter middle age, the human body's maximum aerobic capacity begins to continue to decline, about 5 ml every 10 years. So what method should be used to prevent it from coming back at this time? Fitness coaches said: Aerobic fitness can resist aging.

      Aerobic fitness can resist aging

      when male The maximum aerobic capacity drops below 18 ml, female After the maximum aerobic capacity drops below 15 ml, increasing the amount of exercise will inevitably make people feel very tired. Typically, for a man who does little exercise, the maximum aerobic capacity at age 60 has dropped to about 25 milliliters, almost half of what it was at age 20.

      Evidence shows that regular aerobic exercise It can slow or reverse the inexorable aging process, even as you enter your later years. Research shows that long-term relatively high-intensity aerobic exercise can increase maximum aerobic capacity by 25%, which is an increase of 6 milliliters, which is equivalent to subtracting 10 to 12 years of physiological age.

      “There appears to be good evidence that maintaining maximum oxygen intake at a certain level increases healthy The possibility of the elderly maintaining their independence. ”

      The positive effects of aerobic exercise are also: reducing the severity of disease disease risk; speeds recovery from injury or illness; reduces risk of falls because muscle capacity, balance and coordination are maintained.

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