Weightlifting at retirement age keeps legs strong years later, study finds

Year of heavy weights resistance training around retirement age has long-lasting benefits, research suggests

Lifting heavy weights three times a week around the age of retirement could dramatically preserve your leg strength long into the later stages of life, research suggests.

People naturally lose muscle function as they get older, and experts say faltering leg strength is a strong predictor of death in elderly people.

Continue reading… Year of heavy weights resistance training around retirement age has long-lasting benefits, research suggestsLifting heavy weights three times a week around the age of retirement could dramatically preserve your leg strength long into the later stages of life, research suggests.People naturally lose muscle function as they get older, and experts say faltering leg strength is a strong predictor of death in elderly people. Continue reading… Health, Medical research, Fitness, Older people, Life and style, UK news, Society 

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