I'm sure we have all read (more times than we care to think about) that as we get older we have to work harder to maintain our strength.
I was no better than most people at this, but I decided early this year to take it seriously. So I started doing a bit of serious strength training 5 or 6 days a week. Nothing outrageous, just 10-15 minutes every morning. I think the key is simply to pick your exercises and work those muscles to the failure point. The results have honestly surprised me.
I had my annual physical a week or so ago, where they always use this fancy scale with handles to electrically measure your lean body mass and percent body fat.
The doc was really surprised at the big improvement over last year in my muscle mass and body fat percentage. Her comment was "People your age just don't do that. They gradually go down. So your results are really impressive."
Not trying to brag here, just pointing out that with less than six months of effort I've been able to make a really noticeable improvement. I also feel much stronger and better as a result. Hopefully, this could motivate others to work out more and get a similar effect.
I was no better than most people at this, but I decided early this year to take it seriously. So I started doing a bit of serious strength training 5 or 6 days a week. Nothing outrageous, just 10-15 minutes every morning. I think the key is simply to pick your exercises and work those muscles to the failure point. The results have honestly surprised me.
I had my annual physical a week or so ago, where they always use this fancy scale with handles to electrically measure your lean body mass and percent body fat.
The doc was really surprised at the big improvement over last year in my muscle mass and body fat percentage. Her comment was "People your age just don't do that. They gradually go down. So your results are really impressive."
Not trying to brag here, just pointing out that with less than six months of effort I've been able to make a really noticeable improvement. I also feel much stronger and better as a result. Hopefully, this could motivate others to work out more and get a similar effect.