Pick up something heavy and put it down. Do it again. Do it often. Doing this keeps you strong, healthy, and active. It is the Fountain of Youth.
"Muscle mass decreases approximately 3–8% per decade after the age of 30 and this rate of decline is even higher after the age of 60. This involuntary loss of muscle mass, strength, and function is a fundamental cause of and contributor to disability in older people." Published in a study in 2010 by the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
This isn't urban legend. Muscle loss in aging has been studied and documented.
If you're reading this, you're over 30.
You're probably over 50, which means you may have already lost 6-16% of the muscle mass you had before you were 30.
Do the math, and it's a slippery slope to 0 muscle mass (you can't actually...
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