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“Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.” 

-Epicurus, Ancient Greek Philosopher (341BC-270BC).

Many people quit sports, when growing old.

Remaining active in old age is essential for one’s health.

Regular physical activity has many positive sides and there is a way of keeping it after retirement. 

The neuro-vegetative system is heavily influenced by physical training:

– Cardio stimulates mainly its sympathetic pendant, while strength exercises – the parasympathetic one.

A wise balance between those two is crucial for health. 

– Prevention of heart attack in Cardio training: 

Deficiency of Vitamin B12 induces neuropathy and thus disturbs neural signal transmission of cardiac impulses. 

Regular injections of this Vitamin is adequate for maintaining liver stores. 

Nutritional regime in our society is largely deficient in Essential Fatty Acids. 

Increasing of input of Omegas 3, 6, 7 and 9 especially prevents many illnesses, and between those also counteracts heart attacks, whatever pathogenic process. 

– Pulse frequency control: 

One crucial issue especially in advancing age with practice of “Cardio” training is tendency to tachycardia, with resulting heart  attack. 

This type of physical activity goes hand in hand with an oxygen debt. 

Lactic metabolic acidosis ensues, which provokes vaso- dilatation, and hence heart rhythm acceleration.  

Counter-balancing this one with hyper-ventilation, that is respiratory alcalosis, (which causes vaso- constriction), is crucial for maintaining vascular bed tonus and preventing tachycardia. 

(Expansion of blood vessel’s bed promotes heart rythm acceleration in order to maintain blood pressure. )

Not unlike thirst, ventilation drive abates in third age, but during exercise it can easily be stimulated. 

Sufficient hydration is also crucial for this purpose.

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