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„You can't build muscle after 60.”

Even 90-year-old nursing-home residents increased strength 174% with 8 weeks of resistance training (Fiatarone 1990, JAMA). Older muscle responds more slowly but just as surely: it needs more protein and load, not resignation.

Sources

  1. Fiatarone MA et al. High-intensity strength training in nonagenarians. JAMA (1990) ↗

Last reviewed: 6 September 2026

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