If Aging is in a nutshell the exhaustion of the body’s capability to fix itself, why exercise and bodybuilding (in a healthy approach) don’t make that worst?

Question

If Aging is in a nutshell the exhaustion of the body’s capability to fix itself, why exercise and bodybuilding (in a healthy approach) don’t make that worst?

In: Biology

Answer 1

It’s wrong to think of aging as you body no longer being able to repair itself, its more like your body no longer being WILLING to repair itself. Just look at a 15yr old dog that has all the same sort of issues you’d expect in an 80yr old human. The biology isn’t really much different, it’s just that we have different “planned” obsolescence dates.