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Originally Posted by Bearcat
The main reason resistance training is highly recommended is you can start losing muscle mass as young as 40 in small quantities and that percentage of mass lost generally increases as you get into your 50s and 60s and beyond.
Of course, that's at 10k feet and there are reasons why it may or may not matter as much person to person.
I didn't have much to begin with at 40, so I'm gaining while the gaining is decent and then I'm sure will basically be trying to maintain in another decade.
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That's an excellent point and very true.
After my first 4 heart stints 17 years ago I hired a personal trainer for 6 months and developed a routine I still follow to a certain degree today.
I do upper body one day with 12 lb weights after my cardio and then legs the next day.
At my age though I have learned I don't recover as fast I used to so taking the third day off has proven beneficial.