EXERCISE IN OLDER PEOPLE – STRENGTH TRAINING IS VITAL IN STAYING INDEPENDENT AS YOU AGE
While older men and women needn’t become power lifters, experts say strength training — using weights heavier than you might expect — can be an important component of a healthy future. Beginning about age 30, men and women lose muscle mass at about the rate of 10 percent per decade until about 50, when that loss accelerates to 15 percent per decade – according to research. By the eighth decade, the loss of muscle mass and strength can be severe,…