4 Classic Exercises That Build More Muscle After 60
Eat This Not That • • health
Key Points:
- Muscle mass naturally declines after age 30 due to sarcopenia, with a loss rate of 3% to 8% every decade, but building muscle after 60 is possible and essential for maintaining an active, independent lifestyle.
- Eric North, a wellness coach, advocates for classic free weight and bodyweight exercises over gym machines for those over 60, as they better enhance functional strength, balance, mental focus, and coordination.
- Recommended exercises include bodyweight squats to engage core, legs, and glutes; standing overhead presses to strengthen upper back, shoulders, triceps, and core; lunges for quads, glutes, hamstrings, and core; and dumbbell rows targeting rear shoulders, back
