How Muscles Work & Grow Part 2

This blog explains why we don't need to be an athlete to appreciate the importance of muscles in our everyday life.

How to Maintain Your Muscles:

• Muscles are constantly remodeling: some cells grow and others shrink.
• If you don’t use your muscles, they shrink.
• You must exercise and nourish your muscles to prevent shrinkage.

Strength Conditioning:

A strength workout will make our muscles strong and we look and feel better too.

Regular strength workout sessions will offer us other benefits like

• Healthy Bones
• Great Posture
• Increased Metabolism
• Improved Balance

Muscle Strength Decreases with Age

Muscle Strength:

• Is relatively stable through age 50.
• Decreases 50% per decade between ages 50 to 70.
• Decreases 30% between the ages 70 to 80.

With aging, the ability to engage in physical activity declines, due to loss of muscle strength.

Decreased physical activity contributes to muscle loss and alters body composition in number of ways.If we don’t move, muscle mass is decreased while fat mass is increased. People with sedentary jobs and senior citizens with decreased physical activity loose muscle tone. So make sure to maintain healthy active lifestyle.

Keep your Muscles Hydrated:

• A 1.5% decrease in water results in a decrease of muscle strength.
• Staying hydrated can help you maintain your strength and help you build muscles over time.
• The more fluid inside the muscle cell, the larger the muscle cell will be.

Nutrition for Healthy Muscles:

• High quality protein.
• The right building blocks from amino acids in protein
• Vitamins & Minerals
• Healthy Carbohydrates for quick energy