Not only growing athletes, but also teachers offering training to these athletes, who are otherwise called as Master athletes need some form of regular exercises and training to keep themselves fit and healthy. Some professionals say that muscle building should form an important part of Masters athletes training routine in such a way that they can improve their sports performance, which in turn will bring about an improvement in the performance of their students. Now, let us look into how the muscle mass of sports people change as their age advances and here these professionals can be classified under four age groups as follows:
The first group of professionals falls in the age group of 16 and 24, while the second group falls in the age group of 25 and 50. On the other hand, the third and fourth group is between the age group of 51 and 70 and more than 70 respectively. When men athletes are in the age group of 16 and 19 and women are in the age group of 18 and 24, their muscle size peaks and when they attain their age of 25, there will be reduction of 5-10 per cent of muscle mass, which will retain until they reach the age of 50. After 50 years, there will be a further decline of 15% and this will continue until the age of 70. After the age of 70, there will be an accelerated loss of further 25%. Muscle mass is highly important for sports men and women and so for maintaining their muscle mass, the Masters athletes should follow muscle building exercises.
Weight training is also essential for masters since with them, they can acquire not only health benefits, but also performance benefits as well. When it comes to health benefits offered by them, they are capable of reducing stress, improving posture, improves resting metabolic rates, decreases the abdominal fat, which acts as the main reason for cardiovascular diseases in many patients and it also normalizes the blood pressure. When it comes to performance benefits, they can gain better self-confidence for offering the right kind of coaching to the students, they can keep their weight under control, which will in turn ensure better performance.
The first group of professionals falls in the age group of 16 and 24, while the second group falls in the age group of 25 and 50. On the other hand, the third and fourth group is between the age group of 51 and 70 and more than 70 respectively. When men athletes are in the age group of 16 and 19 and women are in the age group of 18 and 24, their muscle size peaks and when they attain their age of 25, there will be reduction of 5-10 per cent of muscle mass, which will retain until they reach the age of 50. After 50 years, there will be a further decline of 15% and this will continue until the age of 70. After the age of 70, there will be an accelerated loss of further 25%. Muscle mass is highly important for sports men and women and so for maintaining their muscle mass, the Masters athletes should follow muscle building exercises.
Weight training is also essential for masters since with them, they can acquire not only health benefits, but also performance benefits as well. When it comes to health benefits offered by them, they are capable of reducing stress, improving posture, improves resting metabolic rates, decreases the abdominal fat, which acts as the main reason for cardiovascular diseases in many patients and it also normalizes the blood pressure. When it comes to performance benefits, they can gain better self-confidence for offering the right kind of coaching to the students, they can keep their weight under control, which will in turn ensure better performance.
