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Introduction
Health aging among the elderly population is generally illustrated as the capability
towards leading a socially inclusive and healthy lifestyle that is relatively free of any sort of
disability and illness. Research studies focus healthy rate of aging as individuals actively
engaged in physical activities for the improvement of their wellbeing and health status. The
international statement of consensus of the physical activity , health and fitness focus over the six
of the major areas that is generally impacted by the psychological efforts. These are shape of the
body, muscular strength, skeletal flexibility , metabolic fitness and motor fitness. According to
McPhee et al.,(2016), some of the additional areas that benefits from the physical activity are
mental health, cognitive function an social adjustments. As per WHO, physical in activity is one
of the unnecessary waste regarding human resources. The lower level of physical activity is
proportional to the increasing number of the chronic illness that follows with the rising age and
the vicious circle including decreasing functional abilities and health (Bauman et al., 2016). The
assignment reviews the article related to physical activity and resistance training on the healthy
aging process.
Discussion
According to the several researches, increasing capacity in muscle and the physical
activity help in the improvement of balance, stamina, flexibility, walking speed and the overall
condition of the physic (Deutz et al., 2014). There lies epidemiological evidences that targets the
fact that regular vigorous exercise decrease the risk towards risk of diabetes and cardiovascular
disease and the forms of cancer. Regular rate of the physical activities among the elderly
population is safe for them and the risk towards the development of the diseases like obesity,
impairments and muscular weakness are decreased.

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Fisher et al., (2017) in their research study stated the numerous benefits of health regarding
resistance trainings of the elderly population. This includes the positive relation among the
muscle mass, muscular strength and the reduction of the all causes of mortality rates. The
research study referred resistance training as one of the medicine. The main theme of the article
illustrates how adherence and participation while remaining low, the perceived trainings and
constraints are often cited as barriers towards resistance training. The authors of the research
study argued the benefits that can be obtained ass the product regarding the approach of minimal
dose. The participation regarding the resistance training has been stated as the prophylactic in the
study towards delay or the prevention of the onset of the biological aging process. The research
study presented short review of the studies with the report of the benefits of the health that
results from low volume of the participation of resistance training that is presented in the current
era. The authors of the research study interpreted how resistance training provides considerable
psychological, physiological benefits of health. The research study furthermore suggests the
psychological and psychological benefits of the health that can be obtained from the resistance
training which is obtained by the use of minimal dose approach. The authors of the study found
in their research findings that most of the individuals who belong to the aging population prefers
to use uncomplicated equipment’s or methods. The limitations of the research study is that the
research included very selected range of population for interview and data collection. The
strength of the study lies on the fact that the authors emphasised over the considerable health
benefits of resistance training , where many of the people failed to realise that the positive
responses has been attained by the use of low to moderate level of resistance training. This
research study connect well with the given case study of Frederic Arum, where his general
physician suggested him to start weight bearing exercises for strengthening muscles and his mind

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for slowing down and stopping the changes of aging process. In connection with the other
articles, this article illustrates the importance of physical activity for health aging.
Daskalopoulou et al., (2017) in their research paper stated that the older individuals constitutes a
wide and significant proportion of the entire population throughout the globe with increasing rate
by more than half by the year 2030. The main theme of the article illustrates that the rising
probability of the late survival generally comes with economic, individual and societal impact.
The physical activity might influence the process of aging and also the specific connection with
the factors of healthy aging is not clear. The research study conducted a systematic review and
the meta analysis regarding the longitudinal studies that examines the connection of physical
activity and healthy aging. The authors of the study argued from the systematic search trough out
the major electronic databases from the inceptions at the year of 2017 January. The study also
included the performance of the random effect meta analysis for the calculation of the pooled
effect sizes for the assessing of the methodological quality. The research limitation is that it
included more than 174,114 participants within the age range of 20 to 87 years. The authors of
the study summarized that there lies consistent evidence from the longitudinal observational
studies that physical activity is actually associated with healthy rate of aging. The strength of the
article highlights in connection to the case study of Fredric Arum, how physical fitness and
activity is essential for health aging. In connection to the other research articles, this article does
not mention the impact of psychological factors over healthy aging.
In their research study, Li et al., (2018), highlighted the process of aging as being accompanied
by the decrease in the concept of cognitive functions. The main theme of the article illustrates
that cognitive decline has some of the major harmful impacts over the general health and living
independence. The context of resistance training has been seen as the promising intervention for

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the prevention or delay of cognitive deterioration. This is furthermore evidenced from the
reviews that is less consistent. The researchers of the study argued to assess the impact of the
resistance training over cognition at the elderly population with the help of and without mild
cognitive impairment and for the provision of an up to date overview. This research limitation is
that it used only peer review journal articles within its systematic review and not primary data.
The main result of the research study stated that resistance training has positive impact over the
global cognitive function and the executive function of the elderly population. The strength of
the research article lies in the fact that the research findings stated the positive effects of
resistance training over the weak and positive effect over the memory. In the context of the
research study and the case study by Frederic Arum, it is concluded that resistance training
generally tends to have better impact over the general cognitive ability. Arum takes care of his
own house and is a strong and independent man. To beat the signs of aging, he needs to start
exercise for a healthy aging process. The similarities of this article with the other articles is that
it highlights process of aging as cognitive functions. The differences is that it does not illustrate
the impact of the lack of physical exercise over aging process.
Vasiliadis and Belanger (2018) in their research article highlighted the concurrent and
prospective impact of physical exercise over the quality of life among the elder population. The
authors of the study argued that it has not been clear if the socio economic status tends to
influence the outcomes of the health among the elderly population through the means of its
impact over their physical activities. The main theme of the research study is to assess the impact
of socio economic status of neighbourhood and sex over the alteration in the quality of life that is
related to health. The research study has the limitation which is that the study has been a cohort
study that included only French speaking community dwellers within the primary care practices.

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The research study furthermore analysed over the effect of the change within the reported
exercises towards the baseline with no changes, decrease in the rate of exercise and the increase
in exercise. In the consideration of the health aging, the authors of the study highlighted the
strength that exercise does not actually predicted the quality of life. In the consideration of health
rate of aging, increase of physical activity and maintenance of them is necessary for the
improvement of quality life for the elderly population. The differences of this article with the
other discussed articles is that it this article is important for the future research to focus over the
psychological barriers that are associated with older age populations apart from the importance
of the essentiality of the physical exercises.
Conclusion
Thus it can be concluded from the above that physical exercise is very much essential for
a health aging process among the elderly population in the globe. In the context of the case
study, Frederic Arum has also been instructed by his general physician to start weight lifting
exercises and take help of the trainers for strengthening his muscles and his mind as some of the
remedy to slow down and stop the changes of the aging. Furthermore the research articles
reviewed above illustrated important of physical activity in the light of the case study triggering
the factor that losing some of the weights for the reduction of pressure in joints. The lower level
of physical activity is proportional to the increasing number of the chronic illness that follows
with the rising age and the vicious circle including decreasing functional abilities and health.
Hence it is important to improve the scenario.

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