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Steep physical decline with age is not inevitable – here's how strength training can change the trajectory

  • Written by Zachary Gillen, Assistant Professor of Exercise Physiology, Mississippi State University
imageResistance training can take many forms and can be individualized to suit a person's needs as they age. Jamie Grill/Tetra Images via Getty Images

Raise your hand if you regularly find yourself walking up a flight of stairs. What about carrying heavy bags of groceries? How about picking up your child or grandchild? Most of us would raise our hands...

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