"More and more evidence suggests that lifting weights is key in delaying the natural loss of muscle that occurs as we age.

Left unchecked muscle is lost at a rate of three per cent a year starting around middle age.

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That may not seem like much when you’re young and healthy, but less muscle makes it tougher to accomplish the tasks of everyday life, like climbing the stairs, taking out the garbage and lifting bags of groceries.

It also makes you less resilient to injury and quicker to fatigue, especially if you’re active.

And with the 55-plus crowd part of the fastest growing age group in Canada, healthy aging is a national concern."

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