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Brit wrote:
Agreed.
Also, with all due respect, Frank seems confused.
If you “lock on” to an amount + intensity of training and keep that going, why would you lose muscle? You won’t.
It’s use it OR lose it, not use it AND lose it.
Unfortunately, even if one follows an "ideal" resistance training program + diet throughout adulthood, at some point one will begin to lose LBM & strength. Of course, one will have more LBM and will be stronger than one otherwise would be and the relative advantage increases with age even as these markers slowly decline.
Testosterone levels and other hormones start to decline as early as 40 and only gets worse as you as get into your 50s. Diet and weight training can help slow it down but the decline is inevitable, and can be hindrance if you want to continue as a competitive athlete. Exercising and working out for overall health & longevity is one thing but trying to do the consistent and hard training that's necessary to be competitive is a whole different ballgame.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/20141589/https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/hormonal-and-metabolic-disorders/biology-of-the-endocrine-system/effects-of-aging-on-the-endocrine-system