Scientific literature seems unanimous in highlighting that people who exercise regularly effectively lengthen their lifespan, earning additional years of life.
Only part of our life expectancy is pre-defined and ‘written’ in our genes. One of the main ways that science points out to act on our ageing process, getting old healthy and fit (‘healthy longevity’) is committing to a physical exercise routine. When we talk about physical exercise being extraordinarily effective in maintaining a healthy body and helping us to live longer, we’re talking about both aerobic and anaerobic activities. If exercise sessions aren’t just a one-off but are continued over time in a systematic and structured way, the body will undergo positive changes in the long term.
Since its foundation, Technogym’s mission has been that to improve people’s quality of life. In 1993, Technogym’s founder Nerio Alessandri developed the ground-breaking holistic concept of wellness, which unifies regular physical exercise, balanced and healthy nutrition and a positive mental approach.
This new model has transformed the way people approach fitness and has impacted countless lives around the world. It envisages a constructive modification of habits in all aspects of life, for drastic health improvement. As a matter of fact, wellness can be seen as a key tool for “treating healthy people”, i.e., preventing chronic silent inflammation and oxidative stress linked to the excessive production of free radicals, ultimately guaranteeing people not only a long life, but a healthy longevity.
During a recent TV talk, 100-year-old American doctor John Scharffenberg – physician, nutritionist and Professor of Nutrition, graduate of Harvard University’s School of Public Health – states that people suffering from specific health condition or with unhealthy habits who also exercise regularly will outlive healthier people who don’t exercise. He ultimately points out that for every hour of physical exercise, up to 3 hours of life are gained. This comes from data interpretation of a landmark epidemiological study conducted on 17,000 Harvard alumni published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1986, indicating that this information has been well known within the medical community for many years.
The Harvard Alumni Study suggests that people who exercise regularly can gain over 2 hours of life expectancy for each hour of exercise. Over the course of a lifetime, that adds about 2 extra years. That means that if someone exercises from 2 to 3 hours per week for 40 years, they’ll gain 2 whole years of life.
Several studies within scientific literature point out the importance of physical exercise for lengthening one’s life span. Two of the most important longitudinal studies launched 45 years ago in the USA – Nurses’ Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-Up Study – evidence that adhering to the minimum dose of physical activity recommended by international guidelines (150 to 300 minutes of moderate physical activity or 75 to 150 minutes of vigorous physical activity per week) increases life expectancy by 21%. In addition to that, those who exercise 2 to 4 times a week increase their expectation by 31%.
Technogym has made both physical and mental well-being its mission, and so it’s no surprise that it is a trailblazer in offering training options, both equipment and digital, to facilitate and encourage the maintenance of a training routine, at any age.
Technogym App is the ideal solution for achieving your fitness goals (losing weight, increasing muscle mass, improving sports performance, etc.): whether you’re at home, travelling, at the park or in the gym, the digital coach suggests the workout most suited to your profile, combining scientific research, artificial intelligence, and engaging and challenging video content.
The robust and highly customisable Biocircuit offer (both cardio and strength) has been chosen by numerous clubs and rehabilitation medical centres around the world: by simply logging in, the stations automatically adapt to the individual user, the user’s profile and selected fitness goals. Biocircuit registers the user profile (age, physical details, fitness goal), and sets up all the stations in the circuit accordingly (weight, duration, pace, rest, etc.).
As far as strength training is concerned, Biostrength allows training with the right load, the right range of motion, the correct posture, the most suitable speed for the goal, and also indicates the number of sets, reps and optimum recovery time. The patented Biodrive system provides 6 different types of resistance (isotonic, no inertia, eccentric reduction, eccentric overload, viscous, elastic), improving the effectiveness of the exercise according to the goal the user wants to reach.
