Octogenarian women were unable to increase muscle mass after a 3-month weight lifting program targeted at strengthening the thigh muscle, according to a new study from the Journal of Applied Physiology . The American Physiological Society published the study, “Improvements in whole muscle and myocellular function are limited with high-intensity resistance training in octogenarian women. From the muscle biopsies, the researchers isolated single muscle strands, both fast-twitch and slow-twitch. This was surprising because an earlier study had found that 70-year-old women gained 5% muscle mass with resistance training. The study also suggests that it is better to build as much muscle mass as possible earlier in life to ensure more muscle strength in later life. read more
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