Strong, healthy muscles help you live an active life and work to support your skeletal system, helping you move, lift, balance and even circulate blood through your body. As you age, muscle mass and strength naturally decline—also known as sarcopenia—and this decline can begin as early as 30 years old. By age 80, a person …
From the time you are born to around the time you turn 30, your muscles grow larger and stronger. But at some point in your 30s, you start to lose muscle mass and function. The cause is age-related sarcopenia or sarcopenia with aging. Physically inactive people can lose as much as 3% to 5% of their muscle …
Almost everyone shrinks with old age. Many older adults have more difficulty gaining muscle than they did in their childhood and teenage years. And when it comes to maintaining that muscle, the phrase “use it or lose it” holds weight, says Michelle Gray, a physiologist and professor of exercise at the University of Arkansas. “I …
