Muscle Aging
Aging is inevitable but exercise slows the aging process of your muscles. A new study provides insights into how exercise affects the aging process, and how you can use exercise to keep your muscles healthy and functioning properly.
The term Sarcopenia refers to the decrease in mass and strength of the skeletal muscles that occurs with aging. This condition is known to decrease strength and mobility as well as cause falls. How much do you know about sarcopenia?
Muscles age in the same way as the rest of your body does. The result is frailty as well as decreased strength and muscle function. Here’s the good news. You can slow the process of muscle aging by taking a few simple actions backed by science. Here’s what they are.
It’s no secret that you’ll lose muscle mass and strength as you age. In fact, muscle loss begins during middle adulthood. The good news? There are ways to slow the age-related loss of muscle. Here are five you should know about.
Men have more muscle than women naturally, but what happens with aging? Do men lose muscle at the same rate as women? Here’s what science shows about muscle loss over the decades and the role that gender plays in age-related
When you weight train, your focus is on increasing muscle strength and size – but what about muscle quality? Muscle quality and quantity aren’t necessarily correlated. Find out what characterizes a high-quality muscle and how muscle quality changes with age.
Body composition changes with age. One of those changes is a decrease in lean body mass. Have you ever thought about why muscles age and whether there are things you can do to slow down this process? This article discusses research looking at how muscles age.
