As people live longer they end up stuck with decades of prescriptions and low quality living because of age related muscle wasting. Frailty begets disease and most seniors end up stuck on the medical roundabout.

The problem is how do you know when you are losing muscle? Because our nervous systems are so complex we can become handy at our daily activities and over years that we don’t tend to feel the change.

Our stance is Pro-Active health, as everyone will weaken with age we suggest a lifestyle of pre-hab over re-hab. That said there should be a decent way to spot muscle loss which also suggests underlying bone and connective tissue degradation.

The simple answer is ‘sag’. In fact, as you lose muscle you will notice new sag even as you drop body fat. This isn’t just loose older skin this is a lack of muscle filling out your flesh.

Why does this happen? Muscle fills with blood when you are moving and holds plenty of intercellular fluid even at rest. This shows as square shoulders, high chest and shoulder blades., tight back of arms and inner thighs,. You can also easily spot sag on your glutes where the dense upper region of muscle disappears leaving a droopy backside.

What most mistakenly call ‘muscle toning’ is just building back lean tissue from weight lifting to counter this sag and shows as a more toned filled out look to your skin.

So there you go another strong reason to get and stay strong…fight the sag!

Be well, be strong,

Andrew and Tierney