Seniors, lift weights for one year to preserve your leg strength


By AGENCY

Taking up resistance training using heavy weights can help seniors maintain their leg strength, which is a strong predictor of death in the elderly. — AFP

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.

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