Aging Well Podcast

Episode 122: It is Never too Late to Build Muscle.

Jeff Armstrong Season 3 Episode 5

Some believe that it is simply too late for older adults to build muscle. On the Aging Well Podcast, we believe otherwise.

A listener shared an article from the Washington Post titled, “It’s never too late to lift weights: Older bodies can still build muscle.” It is based on a research study that concluded that 12 weeks of progressive whole-body resistance exercise training can effectively increase quadriceps cross-sectional area, whole-body and appendicular lean mass, and upper and lower body muscle strength, and improve functional performance in both 65–75 years and 85+ years older men and women.

In this episode, Dr. Armstrong and Corbin Bruton discuss this research and how weight training can benefit us even when we start late in life.

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