The Importance of Strength Training for All Ages: Eric Levitan

What is the importance of strength and resistance training? Why
do people fall more as they get older? How is Eric Levitan
improving the quality of life of people as they age? What is
sarcopenia? What are the benefits of working out in small groups?


Eric Levitan is passionate about improving lives, driving
innovation and nurturing start-ups – the perfect combination for
creating Vivo. From personal experience, he recognized that
fitness videos and online streaming classes, while convenient,
weren’t effective for inspiring behavioral change: They lacked
individualized attention and didn’t inspire accountability. Vivo
has reinvented the concept of virtual fitness with live,
interactive small-group classes and ongoing live, one-on-one
progress assessments.


Eric discusses how he came to start Vivo, the importance of
strength and resistance training for anybody at any age, the
benefit of working out in small groups, and more. 


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“Our muscle mass and our strength really act as that gatekeeper
for so much of what happens to us as we age.” 


“If we can challenge our muscles on a regular basis, it doesn’t
matter what age we are, we could be 25 we could be 95, it’s never
too late to rebuild muscle mass, to regain strength and function
and to maintain your quality of life, to maintain your
independence.” 


“Everybody knows that exercise is good for you but I think the
large narrative is around walking and cardiovascular health.
We’re largely ignoring the importance of resistance training or
strength training.” 


“A lot of falls happen not necessarily because we lose our
balance but because we’re walking and something distracts
us.” 


“It’s never too late. Know what’s possible. Aging does not need
to equate to decline.”


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