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High intensity training for elders? Norwegian study gives it a thumbs up – Clinical Daily News – McKnight’s Long Term Care News

Exercise is generally good for the elderly, but high intensity training is especially beneficial and may even extend life, finds the 5-year Generation 100 exerc…

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While exercise is generally good for the elderly, high intensity interval training is especially beneficial and may even extend life, say researchers from Norway.
More than 1,500 people in their seventies participated in an exercise study called the Generation 100. Those who had five years of high-intensity interval training showed increased mental and physical quality of life, improved fitness and lived longer than the average Norwegian, reported Dorthe Stensvold, Ph.D., of the Norwegian Unive…

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