That's exactly how things were 30 years ago, and I'll say those 30 years have been an exciting time to be involved in the fitness industry.
It's hard to believe when I started virtually no women worked out and the “health” and medical community were urging people not to exercise because it would wear out their bodies. In fact, when people retired they were told they were "old" and the less they did the longer they would live!
Today, more women are exercising than men and most of the health and medical community are urging people to exercise because it is now known to be essential for health. Exercise rebuilds healthy tissue; we will literally rot without it.
As for Parkinson's disease, for many years people were again told not to exercise because it would worsen the symptoms. Recently, researchers did just the opposite by suspending Parkinson’s disease sufferers over treadmills and had them power walk as fast as they could. It was discovered their symptoms improved. And at the Mayo Clinic they discovered that hard cycling which could be replicated on a stationary bike, actually eliminated some symptoms entirely.
Check out this amazing short video clip!
http://www.theracycle.com/parkinsons
Please e-mail me at mikeart@gmail.com with any questions or comments!See you soon! Mike
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