Hi and welcome back to Get Fit Guy. This is Kevin Dunn.

And this week we're going to talk about circulation and training. The circulation is what

gets blood, oxygen and nutrients throughout your body and removes waste. And as we age,

it's almost unavoidable that your circulation is going to be impacted in a negative way.

This happens both in terms of the circulatory system, which is your heart, blood vessels and the blood itself,

and your lymphatic system, which consists of lymphatic vessels, organs, nodes, and lymphatic fluid.

Now, as we age, the body undergoes various changes to these systems, which include, but are not

limited to, downgrading of the receptors. And what that means is it's harder for your blood pressure

to be sensed and therefore regulated.

Your blood vessels thicken, become stiffer, affecting the blood flow.

There's a total volume reduction in the water in your body.

So again, we see an impact on your circulation because there's less water to be moved around in your body.

There's a slower replenishment of red blood cells, decrease in the number of lymphatic cells and muscles, and shrinking of the lymph nodes.

Now, whilst I'm still young, I'm still very interested in what I can do right now

that mitigates future decline. So I understand that eventually entropy gets us all. There are things

that we can do now that will help us resist. A little story for you. So back in 2012, I was having these episodes of lightheadedness

and it was almost always when I was at the grocery store and when I was standing in line. So I decided

to go see the doctor. Eventually, I was referred to see a vascular specialist and they did an ultrasound

on the veins in my legs.

This is the first time I'd ever really heard that the heart wasn't the only thing that

was moving blood around the body.

I think it's normal for us to think your heart pumps and then blood fires all the way

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