Lifting heavy weights at retirement age ‘preserves leg strength’
by Jane Kirby
Jun 18, 2024
2 minutes
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Lifting heavy weights around the time of retirement could preserve leg strength into older age, research suggests.
People naturally lose muscle function as they get older, and experts see faltering leg strength as a strong predictor of death in elderly people.
Previous short-term studies have shown that resistance training, which can involve weights, body weight or
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