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How To Restore Aging Muscles

How To Restore Aging Muscles

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How To Restore Aging Muscles

The ability to build muscle strength with weight training has been well demonstrated, but a new study from the Mayo Clinic suggests that it is possible to correct age-related muscle decline at the cellular level with high intensity interval training (HIIT).

Researchers recruited a group young people age 18 to 30 and a second group of seniors between 65 and 80. They then divided the 72 participants into 3 exercise groups: one group performed HIIT training on stationary bikes, alternating high intensity pedalling for 4 minutes with pedalling at low intensity for three minutes and then repeating the sequence three more times.

A second group worked out with weights twice a week, and the third biked and lifted weights five days a week but at a less intense pace than those in the other two groups.

After three months of following these routines, the researchers found that weight lifting built muscle mass and improved strength as expected, but that HIIT actually reversed the age-related decline of the participants’ muscle-building proteins, and increased the capacity of mitochondria, the cellular structures that produce energy.

The study found that this change was most striking among the seniors in the study who performed HIIT. If you have to choose one exercise routine, the study leader recommended high intensity interval training three to four days a week, in addition to two days of strength training.

How To Restore Aging Muscles

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