Lean Body Mass

There are many areas relating to aging that have been accepted as established facts, or as "written in stone." For example, that we age at a certain rate, that bodily functions decrease with age, and that there is a limit to the life-span of cells, just to mention a few. Many of these principles, due to ingenious anti-aging techniques, are being shattered.

"After the age of 50 you just can’t build lean body mass (muscle)", is a belief held by quite a large number of people in the physical education and fitness field.

BODY STUCTURE – Another shattered myth!:

At a recent anti-aging medicine conference, I was talking to a group of 500 middle-aged people. I suggested that the average person had too much flab and not enough lean body mass (muscle). My advice was: "Get in shape and build the major muscle groups, which will also increase the capacity to burn calories, and lose those extra pounds!"

My views were challenged by a friend of mine, a marathon runner. In essence, he was saying that, after age 50, it wasn’t possible to build a reasonable amount of muscle mass.

I took him up on the challenge. My age at that time was 65.

Over the next months I gained 26 lbs of muscle mass; see the attached pictures.
It’s hard to describe how good I feel; you’d just have to experience it. My metabolism has gone sky-high, and I don’t have to worry about what I eat; as a matter of fact, the only thing I worry about is that I might lose weight. Not only do I feel better doing any physical activity, from "you know what," to horseback riding and aerobatic flying, but endurance has also increased, my mind is sharper, and I can work longer hours.

Women tell me: "But I don’t want to become muscular like a man!" Don’t worry! Because of the difference in the hormones between men and women, this will not happen!

For details check Part III, Sections 8 & 9 at THE WORKS (at E-Books).