It is relatively common that when we exercise we perceive a certain aftertaste of blood in the mouth. This sometimes unpleasant feeling can make us fear something serious. Although, it does not have to be that way. In fact, it is most likely something completely normal.
As the doctor Francisco Vizcaíno explains on social networks, this feeling is totally normal “With exercise, blood pressure rises. This affects the lungs, which are made up of small air sacs and surrounded by blood capillaries.recounts the doctor, in a brief but understandable explanation of the reasons for this phenomenon.
Running has no age
Running has no age. As long as it is done with precautions and based on a progressive routine that goes step by step, this sport can be carried out. Running is so simple that it can be practiced until an advanced age. As some say, with good footwear and a doctor indicating the real state of the runner, the activity can start and continue until old age. There are numerous cases of athletes who have even completed marathons (42,195 kilometers) at an advanced age.
Senior runners or those over 60 years of age will be the stars of the next issue of “Running Experience”, a collection that can be purchased every Sunday with LA NUEVA ESPAÑA for only 0.50 euros plus the coupon that will appear on the back cover of the newspaper. Among its various contents, the story of Fauja Singh, the longest-lived marathon runner in the world, stands out. He started running at 89, after a family drama, and stayed active until he was 101, completing nine marathons. This Indian athlete can serve as an example to all those people who, after a certain age, believe that “they are no longer there to play sports”. Mistake.
From the age of 45, the capacity for exercise aerobic declines by 10% per decade. However, a study from the University of Greenville, in North Carolina, explains that older runners can regain speed by doing muscle strengthening. At older age, the contraction of the muscular system increases. If the aim is to maintain speed, this study explains, the runner over 50 must make a greater effort. For this reason, the peak of a high-performance marathon runner usually occurs between the ages of 30 and 35. Thereafter, an inevitable downward curve in performance is entered. With this decrease, shorter steps are taken as a neuromuscular adaptation to the wear and tear of age to save energy.
People in this age group are still strong and want to improve physically and mentally, and they usually go through a stage of life in which they probably have more time and independence, since the children have grown and do not require so much attention. In addition, working life may also have been reduced and even disappeared after the well-deserved retirement. For all these reasons, they have countless reasons to start running and lead an active lifestyle. On the one hand, this sport helps fight cholesterol, is a good physical and psychological support, occupies leisure time, improves cardiovascular capacity, gives energy and vigor, and combats stress. And on the other, perhaps the most important, it helps combat the weakening of bones in the elderly. A compelling reason.