Peter Attia· MD
people who have never lifted weights in their life before who start lifting weights for the first time when they're in their 60s and 70s have a remarkable benefit
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people who have never lifted weights in their life before who start lifting weights for the first time when they're in their 60s and 70s have a remarkable benefit
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it's not a young guy thing to do. It's an everybody thing to do.
Absolutely not. So, in my previous life, I was a personal trainer before becoming an educated researcher and, I mean, literally I was involved in the training of thousands of individuals. And I had clients at the time that were 60s, 70s, and 80s, never lifted a weight, and saw huge benefits in relatively short periods of time.
everybody if your spinal cord works you can resistance train and it's good for you
the best time to start lifting weights is right now regard like if you have a spinal cord that works start now it is the best time and even if you're 50 60 70 it's still going to do what it does and it's going to have massive benefits it's never too late