Older people should undertake resistance exercise, as it has been shown to reduce risk of mortality and age-related disease. Most older people do not do this, and are therefore living with unnecessarily poor health and prospects. In this context, it is interesting to see the data presented here, in which researchers show that overall level of fitness and training in older people has no effect on the ability of resistance training to produce added muscle in a previously untrained part of the body. Yes, there are all sorts of declines relating to muscle tissue function that take place during aging, but a sedentary individual is no worse off than a fit individual in this particular as…
Resistance Exercise Builds Muscle Equally for Both Sedentary and Athletic Older People
Older people should undertake resistance exercise, as it has been shown to reduce risk of mortality and age-related disease. Most older people do not do this, and are therefore living with unnecessarily poor health and prospects. In this context, it is interesting to see the data presented here, in which researchers show that overall level of fitness and training in older people has no effect on the ability of resistance training to produce added muscle in a previously untrained part of the body. Yes, there are all sorts of declines relating to muscle tissue function that take place during aging, but a sedentary individual is no worse off than a fit individual in this particular as…