Apogee 18 Wellness and Rehabilitation

06/12/2025

Turning Back Time: Moving Like a 20-Year-Old When You're Almost 70!

Older adults can maintain youth-like levels of physical function—if they lift weights. A new study compared older adults (~69 yr) who resistance trained to young adults (~24 yrs) who did not. The result? On key measures like:

• Chair-stand performance
• 6-minute walk test
• Timed up-and-go

➡️ Older lifters performed as well as (or better than) young non-lifters.
No gimmicks.
No biohacks.
No pre-exercise protein.
No creatine.
No fancy pixie dust…
Just consistency and resistance training—2x/week following ACSM guidelines. How simple is that?

Flip the script on aging: muscle loss and functional decline aren't inevitable. Resistance training is powerful, accessible, and proven to maintain independence and quality of life as we age.

Older adults can maintain youth-like levels of physical function—if they engage in weightlifting.

📚 Reference: Kendall H, Kipp LE, Mettler JA. Transl J ACSM. 2025;10(3):e000312.
https://journals.lww.com/acsm-tj/fulltext/2025/07180/resistance_training_preserves_physical_function_in.6.aspx
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