The interview was part of a Borders Book sponsored event and the interviewer was Mel Robbin.
The Book is “You: Staying Young.”
Watch the interview here: http://www.bordersmedia.com/adviceforliving/ozandroizen
Mel: “If there’s one thing that you want to impart:”
Dr. Roizen: “You’ve gotta lift weights!”
“Why?”
“Because you need to build up muscle mass for a few reasons; muscle mass is a metabolic furnace that chews up calories. It is almost impossible to be thin, and still eat a meaningful amount of food unless you have some muscle mass to chew up the calories. In addition if you don’t have muscle mass you’re not going to be able to maintain the bounciness that you want in life and finally if you don’t lift weights your bones won’t have a reason to keep themselves strong as they replenish and renew themselves every seven years and so they make themselves osteoporetic, they make themselves weak. Why would the body waste energy in a function it won’t need to use? Not building muscle will keep your bones thin cause your body doesn’t need to build stronger bones.”
I found this interview very interesting because it plays perfectly into the ideals of FitSpace living. It’s no secret that I don’t like the gym, and not so much for the workout of lifting weights. But I think that as an architect, I’ve always found the space of a gym uninviting and frankly somewhat depressing. That’s just my sentiment and sensitivity.
Instead of the gym, why not build some strengthening into our everyday life and living. Cues in our homes could remind us to strengthen our muscles as an everyday practice of moving from room to room. Think of it as kind of a PRO-Gravity house whereby simple living encourages increased strength, flexibility and range of motion.
Here’s a very simple example of an idea for a piece of furniture I call a ‘footrest for viewing TV.’ Each commercial break can be a 2min strength and stretch routine chosen from 4 figures from the face of the table.
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