Professor Janet Lord

Yeah, so we sort of class exercise in two broad areas as aerobic.

So that's basically anything that raises your heart rate, gets you a little bit out of breath.

And that is very good for reducing the inflammation, for helping your heart, helping your lungs, as well as your muscle function itself.

And the other type of exercise is what we call resistance exercise.

So that's strengthening.

This might be band work, or if you go to a gym, lifting weights.

Or I always say to people, you don't even need to go to the gym, just go up and downstairs.

And then, you know, that's a really good exercise.

It's aerobic and it's resistance.

But the resistance is more important for the building of strength of your muscle and the muscle mass.

So ideally, you need to do both.

The aerobic to bring the inflammation down.

The evidence is stronger there for aerobic bringing inflammation down.

And the resistance to keep your muscles themselves a good size and good function.

I always say, you know, worst thing you can do as an older adult is to go and get a bungalow or live in an apartment with no steps and you'll end up with bungalow legs.

So legs with less muscle and less strength.

Yeah, absolutely true.

Yes.

My mother, when we were looking for a home for her to move into when she was downsizing, she wanted a ground level apartment.

We said, no, mom, you're getting one with stairs.