STILL TRUE: “The most significant loss in physical capacity with advancing age is strength.” I really see this dealing with the old people in my family who do, and don’t, hold up well. And leg strength in particular. Shoulders for show, but it’s the leg/hip combo that mostly gets you out of a chair, or a bed. That’s why I intend to squat and deadlift into old age if I possibly can. “Once physical capacity is lost, it’s much harder to recover than it is to merely maintain it, and it’s certainly harder to increase it in your 80s than in your 60s.”
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