Getting older? Get stronger

Updated December 5 2012 - 8:34am, first published December 4 2012 - 6:55pm
Start strength training now and by your 60s you can offset some of the age-related changes that can cause muscle loss.
Start strength training now and by your 60s you can offset some of the age-related changes that can cause muscle loss.

If you're sick of hearing bad news about ageing and physical decline, here's some good news. Not long ago, researchers at Saskatchewan's University of Regina took a group of men aged 60 to 70 and gave them a 22-week strength training program. They then compared them to a group of 18 to 31-year-old untrained men - and found that the two groups were pretty much equal in muscle mass and strength.

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