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Shari Zisk's avatar

It is fascinating to see it on a chart- the more advanced in their training that people become, the more they aspire towards strength and muscle. As a trainer with over 25 years of experience in fitness, I've observed the same effect in the gym: strength can be addictive. Once you get a taste of getting stronger and see a little muscle definition peeking out, you want more of it because it feels good and looks good too!

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Steven Hirsch's avatar

100% couldn't agree more. There's so many ways to track progress in the gym, and improving strength, muscle definition, mobility, and overall movement quality all can become quite addicting!

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George Frausto's avatar

Appreciate the info. As a 58 y/o male, I'm not surprised, and it makes sense that as we age, we want to improve/maintain functional strength and mobility. Heck, in hindsight, I should've placed more emphasis on form and function - it could've saved me from injuries and downtime.

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Steven Hirsch's avatar

There's no time like the present! There's quite a bit of evidence suggesting that even starting now can make a big difference. See the following two papers as examples:

- https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40279-015-0385-9.pdf

- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-022-01804-x (this study is on all age groups, but even when accounting for that statistically the effect seen was the same across all people)

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George Frausto's avatar

Thanks for the links!

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