Study on Muscle Preservation

This is pretty cool - of course you're kinda preaching to the choir! But still - love those images!! I'm gonna send them to my 75year old dad & 72 year old mom - both of whom have done several 1/2 Iron Man's this past year! (So grateful for good genes!)

After 2 hip replacements, the running is no longer for me.

thanks. Hoping you can find it and rebuild it.

I think older people in my generation will be much different than old people today (granted there will be a lot of technological improvements and such) because of a much more health conscious society. Or not. Think diet, environment, straitened economic circumstances, declining access to medical care, global warming, etc. I've read that today's younger generation is widely predicted to be first generation in human history to live a shorter lifespan than its predecessor. Sad, if true.

Great study to show what I suspected from personal experience and observing other masters swimmers.Use it or lose it!

That's pretty cool. I'm not all that surprised but seeing the images is quite tantalizing. You do see those jacked old men at the pool. I think for most old people, lifestyle changes, motivation, energy, and satisfaction from exercising decrease with time, leading to the atrophy of muscles. My grandfather is 82 years old, swims 5 days a week, takes zero medications because he has zero health conditions. Perfect blood pressure, cholesterol, etc. I think older people in my generation will be much different than old people today (granted there will be a lot of technological improvements and such) because of a much more health conscious society.

It's also never too late to start working out..I've radically changed my body composition in 5 years... Hey, me too. (It's a work in progress!)

I'm sort of with you, John. People who are in their '80s today were born in the 1930s or earlier. They lived through the Great Depression, WWII, etc. Maybe they weren't "health conscious," but in general they led lives that were healthier than the majority of people today. Their diets didn't consist of processed foods. They were more apt to have jobs requiring physical labor. Yes, they were more likely to smoke, but the majority of those still with us gave that habit up a long time ago.

Or not. Think diet, environment, straitened economic circumstances, declining access to medical care, global warming, etc. I've read that today's younger generation is widely predicted to be first generation in human history to live a shorter lifespan than its predecessor. Sad, if true. ...and then look at the studies on childhood obesity and what impact they think that will have. It's becoming one of the leading concerns for the future. It's also never too late to start working out..I've radically changed my body composition in 5 years...