Sarcopenia. Terrible for QoL. Terrible for fracture risk, stability, posture, bone health, metabolic health, cardiac health.
Creatine helps prevent or diminish. Resistance training helps even more but not everyone wants to break out the weights. And, as we get older and have other issues, at some point it becomes difficult for any of us.
Thanks for the link about Creatine. I have been drinking some in my filtered water for a few months with great results. Here is my post responding to Nalakrats' great information that inspired me.
healthunlocked.com/advanced...
Have you looked at the links I posted in response to his post? I've been taking 5 g a day for almost 3 decades.
In March 2021 my NK (CD56/16) was 264 and my % NK was 16.
It would be interesting to see what would happen if I stopped creatine for a few months, tested then loaded it for a few weeks and tested again. But, I'm not going to stop it... So, moot for me.
Russ
The benefits of creatine are dwarfed by those of resistance training.
‘Not everyone wants to break out the weights’?
Nobody wants to break out the weights! That’s why there are so many easier options available, and almost all are worthless.
Creatine alone may help a little, but it’s nothing-absolutely nothing-compared to dedicated resistance training.
The biggest myth about training for older people is that age and co morbidities make it too hard, or treacherous to do.
Old people need to be as strong as they can be. Fitness and strength is the biggest predictor not only of longevity, but in the quality of that longevity.
Creatine? Taken before a workout is by far the best use of that stuff.
Studied are divided on the best time to take creatine. Most of the bodybuilders that I know split it pre and post WO. My weight coach does the same.
And some of us LOVE breaking out the weights. I worked out for 45 min this morning. I'll workout in the evening for another half hour (this cycle has me doing hypertrophy in the evening, morning is mobility/fat loss stuff). I plan to do 20 minutes of cardio in an hour or so. I struggle not to overdo it and that's one of the reasons I hired a coach.
But, as I was reminded by a bedbound individual, not everyone wants or is even able to workout with weights.
Russ
Before, before and after both good sure.
And good for you! Meanwhile, those who are ‘bedbound’, recovering from surgeries etc are obvious exceptions-usually temporarily-but it doesn’t change the sad fact that too many of us are simply too lazy. And on ADT drugs that’s tantamount to being suicidal.
100% agree. That is one of my pet rants. I have a teenager and got him a rack and weights. He likes it. My younger boy is too young to start lifting with anything other than bodyweight. So, it's jiu-jitsu, running, swimming, and calisthenics for him. Every day. He's going to be a stud.
On the whole, though, society is fat and lazy and relies way too much on electronics and automation. As if they need automation! I purposely stay away from automated stuff. I don't want to be fat and lazy.
One of my favorite quotes:
J. J. Watt originated it. So much for my wife's theory that jocks are dumb.
Excellent review and timely for me. 🙏
I am considering going off Zytiga/Prednisone to determine if I am castrate resistant.
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