Strength Training After 60: What One Year Can Change

Podcast: Strength Changes Everything · The Exercise Coach

Opublikowano: 2026-10-27

Could a year of strength training change your later-life strength? Amy Hudson and Dr. James Fisher explore a retirement-age trial, its four-year follow-up, and why encouraging results still point toward staying consistent. At retirement age, building strength can mean more than improving today's workout. Dr. James Fisher walks Amy Hudson through a trial involving 450 men and women aged 62–70. One group used resistance machines under supervision, another performed moderate-intensity exercises at home, and a control group continued normal life. The supervised group gained thigh muscle and reduced body fat, including visceral fat; the other groups did not show th...