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How to Develop Muscle for Longevity and Mortality
Skeletal muscle is important for longevity, morbidity, mortality and I would say it is critical. It is the thing that is the most overlooked in all of medicine. When a child is very active you really can develop strength during puberty where testosterone and these other hormones are the highest. So maintaining and building that strength then what happens is then you can go into somewhat of hypertrophy training which again isn't necessarily focused on strength but it is focused on increasing glycogen storage.