Strength Training Past 50 Muscles lose size and strength with age, resulting in physical weakness and a variety of degenerative problems. But muscle loss may be largely avoided with regular strength training, and a large amount of muscle tissue already lost can be replaced, regardless of your age. Strength Training Past 50 presents research-based guidelines to help anyone over 50 develop and perform a sound, safe strength training program. Wayne Westcott, PhD, and Tom Baechle, EdD, two of the world?s most recognized strength and conditioning experts, have developed this comprehensive, practical guide for the over-50 fitness market, one of the fastest-growing segments of the industry. Wayne Westcott is one of the fitness industry?s most visible and respected experts, whose articles have appeared in Shape, Fitness, Prevention, Men?s Health, and other popular publications and whose research has contributed much of the mounting evidence showing the great benefits of strength training for people past 5 |