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Sarcopenia is the loss of muscle mass as you age, and it can happen quite dramatically mid 70s and on.
I’ve been reading Robert Lustig’s book Metabolical. I ran across a casual mention of a treatment for Sarcopenia which involves restricting oxygen flow to the muscles and being able to use lighter weights to great benefit. I’d never heard of this.
Took a while searching, but I finally found an article about it. It’s called Blood Flow Restriction Training. But this article does not mention treating Sarcopenia.
https://www.shape.com/fitness/tips/blood-flow-restriction-training
Have you ever heart of this type of resistance training? Or this type of treatment for Sarcopenia?
It appears to be an alternative to high intensity interval training that body builders might do. For someone frail, HIIT or using very heavy weights is pretty much off the table.
Sounds fascinating as a treatment.
I’ve been reading Robert Lustig’s book Metabolical. I ran across a casual mention of a treatment for Sarcopenia which involves restricting oxygen flow to the muscles and being able to use lighter weights to great benefit. I’d never heard of this.
“As people advance into their seventies, they can lose half their muscle mass, which renders them frail and susceptible to falling and fracture. To treat this, exercise physiologists have started putting tight bands around the patient’s arms and legs with low-intensity resistance and endurance training. Lo and behold, muscles increase in mass and strength—because depriving muscle cells of oxygen switched them from burning to growing.”
Excerpt From
Metabolical
Robert H. Lustig
https://books.apple.com/us/book/metabolical/id1526283745
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Took a while searching, but I finally found an article about it. It’s called Blood Flow Restriction Training. But this article does not mention treating Sarcopenia.
https://www.shape.com/fitness/tips/blood-flow-restriction-training
Have you ever heart of this type of resistance training? Or this type of treatment for Sarcopenia?
It appears to be an alternative to high intensity interval training that body builders might do. For someone frail, HIIT or using very heavy weights is pretty much off the table.
Sounds fascinating as a treatment.
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