Stay Young - Ep 5: Stay Strong
Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley
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The Role of Resistance Exercise in Aging
resistance exercise is good at boosting the connections between nerve and muscle fibers. The type two muscle fibers are most effective in lifting heavy things or making fast movements. These are the ones that you're going to need when you have to get up out of a chair, for example. If this muscle nerve connection becomes weakened, because those muscle fibers are never being used, then eventually the connection will be broken,.
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