Did you know that you lose between 0.5 and 2% of your muscle mass every year over the age of forty? Thats quite scary, isnt it? Just when you think youve got the measure of life, you start to wither away! Just think what its like when youre 70 +, you will have lost a lot of muscle " maybe up to 60%.



Its difficult to imagine losing this amount of muscle mass, but this what everybody experiences. How we all cope with old age is difficult to imagine.

Theres a further problem. Your vanishing muscle mass reduces the effectiveness of your metabolism. Why? Because muscles are very effective at burning calories. Lose muscle and the consequence is weight gain. Couple increased weight with a low muscle mass and you have a recipe for disaster.

Old age for hundreds of millions of people across the world is blighted by being unable to perform some very basic functions without great difficulty. It leads to great unhappiness and puts an enormous strain on health care services. But it neednt be the case.

Can anything be done? Is it possible to do anything about reversing muscle loss? Until recently it was thought that it was impossible to reverse the effects of age related muscle loss. This is no longer the case. Muscle can be regenerated. A regular program of resistance exercises will help to regenerate muscle.

There is also an added bonus because it has also been found that having healthy muscles helps to strengthen your bones too. Theres another plus. Healthy, well exercised muscles will keep your metabolism functioning properly and youll be able to keep any weight gain in check.

Dont think that this muscle regeneration applies only to old people, it applies to everybody. If you want to keep your metabolism in trim you need to have healthy muscles. This is a fitness for life issue as well as being a means to keep control of your weight.

If you want to have a slim, healthy life, you need to start a regime of resistance exercises as early as possible. If you allow yourself to accumulate weight over time, you will find it much more difficult to get rid of later in life. It would be a very sensible to have permanent weight loss as your goal. To do this you need to make change. This change should include an exercise plan. Exercise needs to become a habit " a slim habit. To lose weight permanently you need to learn new habits. Act now, dont leave it too late.