[spokeshave]

These issues are likely preventable and even reversible.

Works for me...started weight lifting at age 74, at 76 my leg press was 330lbs and my bone density increased by an average of 4%

[grey_whiskers]

+1

[RoosterRedux]

I lift weights and do 5-7 hours a week of hard cardio (road bike at the present moment) and I can see no difference between my fitness now and when I was younger. I bike the same road at the local state park everyday that I rode when I was in my thirties and my speed on the hills isn't any slower. That said, I ride more carefully now than then...don't want any wrecks or broken bones.

In the gym, I don't lift heavy (so as to protect joints) but make up for the reduction in weight with many more reps.

I also do keto though I recognize that each person needs to find a diet that works for them. I have always found high carbs diets to be bad. Carbs turn to sugar when they hit the blood steam and go right to your butt or hips or belly.

[Hardastarboard]

Ja, you got to pump ze iron, you know.

Seriously, weight lifting is one of the best physical activities there is for anyone, no matter the age (maybe not so good for newborns / toddlers).

[MomwithHope]

Kudos to those who have proven this. I’ve been calling this “stamina” instead of frailty. I lose a lot during the winter when I am more sedentary and get it back in the spring and summer. Would love to spend at least a month this winter some place warm where I could get out and be more active. I am just not a gym person. The outdoors is what motivates me.

[dljordan]

“Works for me...started weight lifting at age 74, at 76 my leg press was 330lbs and my bone density increased by an average of 4% “

I’m 69 and started last year (I was bad during the holidays). There’s a LOT of older people over at the gym. I also still work and walk generally 12-15 thousand steps a day.

[Kickass Conservative]

Let us know when you see Mulehead and Pedo Joe at the Gym.