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which are important to prevent many
of the degenerative changes attributed
to aging.
While we don’t know the details of
how exercise works, we do know the
following:
• Benefits of exercise cannot be
stored.
• A major fraction of the cardiovascular
responses to exercise may depend
upon short-term responses.
• It’s not about what you used to
do, but what you do do!
Wellness is a much broader term
than fitness and includes the following:
• General health
• Mental functioning
• Physical functioning
• Bodily pain
• Emotional well-being
• Physical well-being
• Social functioning
• Vitality
The Test Scores
Masters swimmers score higher on
all measures of wellness except “bodily
pain.” This might be because of how
Masters swimmers interpret the “pain”
of physical training.
They score higher on composite
scores for general health as well as
physical and mental functioning.
Among Masters, the oldest swimmers
present the greatest differences when
compared to the general population.
Preliminary data suggest that Masters
swimmers have a greater Total
Daily Energy Expenditure than the
general population—and much of this
is unrelated to swimming. In other
words, Masters swimmers are physically
more active during the rest of the
day than non-swimmers.
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Preliminary reports also suggest that
USMS swimmers have enhanced physiological
functional capacity, greater
“wellness,” greater non-swimming activity
and enhanced vitality.
However, there are many other agingrelated
variables that we know little
about for a population such as USMS
members (such as the average life expectancy
at birth). If we could determine
to what extent USMS members are aging
well, we could contribute to the general
body of knowledge about aging and activity.
Physical activity is, perhaps, the single
mechanism that has been shown in humans
to extend significantly “the good
life.” USMS members might just be
swimming in the Fountain of Youth.
Dr. Joel Stager is the director of the Counsilman Center for
the Science of Swimming at Indiana University. He oversees one
of the largest and most respected graduate programs in exercise
physiology in the U.S. An outstanding Masters swimmer in his
own right, he also currently helps coach the IU Masters Swim
Club.
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