JJ Virgin explains why muscle matters after 40: resistance training slows bone loss, cuts fracture risk, and improves bone density. You don't need a gym. Free weights, TRX, water bottles, or your own body weight work. The bonus: better blood sugar, faster metabolism, and longer life.
Adding muscle is going to help support your bones, and it also helps slow bone loss, which of course is going to lower your risk of fractures and osteoporosis. So again, I cannot stress it enough, look into strength or resistance exercises you can easily do at home. And by the way, you could totally do this at home. You can start with just some free weights, and I love using a TRX trainer. And there's loads on YouTube where you can see how to use a TRX trainer. Got to do some resistance training. You could even use water bottles as your weights. You can use some of your body weight, but you got to get going on this. I've spent a load of time in my career helping people strength train and build muscle for better health. So I know what a difference this can make. Muscle not only helps protect your bones, right? And lifting weights not only helps with improving bone mineral density, but muscle, of course, I call it the metabolic Spanx. It's going to help with blood sugar balance. It helps boost your metabolism. So it's huge for living a long, healthy life.
