>Have you thought that as you get older, there really isn’t a need to lift as heavy as you did when you were younger? Well, there is a study in the February 2011 issue of The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research that looked at strength training for older men between the ages of 60-71. What researchers Candow et. al found was that for healthy men in this age group, following a resistance training program, an increase in muscle mass and overall strength was found comparable to younger men between the ages of 18-31.
The take home message for all of the “baby boomers” out there, as long as you are healthy, if you want to feel younger and continue to have the strength of a person half your age, you should adhere to a strength training routine as part of your fitness program
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