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Is Skeletal Muscle the Secret to Lifelong Health? | Dr. Mike Israetel

The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show

CHAPTER

Building Skeletal Muscle for Health and Aging Gracefully

This chapter emphasizes the importance of skeletal muscle for overall health and aging gracefully, highlighting signs that indicate the need for more muscle mass and providing a simple test to assess muscle strength. It discusses the benefits of strength training, compound exercises, and using free weights to improve balance and engage multiple muscle groups, while emphasizing the significance of full range of motion. The chapter also stresses the importance of starting with compound exercises, focusing on movements that target large muscle groups in sets of five to ten repetitions to build muscle, strength, and improve overall health.

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