Coach’s Corner – The Over 50 Guide to Beginning Strength Training
Episode Ep 243 41 min 10s

Coach’s Corner – The Over 50 Guide to Beginning Strength Training

Text us a comment or question! In this week's Coach's Corner, I'm talking all about getting started with strength training after 50. I began this episode by discussing why strength training is so important as we age. Building muscle helps optimize our metabolism, protects us against injury, extends our life expectancy, and makes us "harder to kill" as Mark Rippetoe likes to say. Strength training is also your fat-burning friend since adding muscle revs up your metabolism and turns you i...

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