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Aging leads to a loss of spinal motor neurons and muscle fibers, resulting in sarcopenia and reduced functional capacity, which strength training can partially compensate for.

Understand that muscle loss with age is partly due to nerve loss. Regular strength training can help maintain muscle and function.

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Aging is characterized by loss of spinal motor neurons (MNs) due to apoptosis... The age-related loss of spinal MNs is paralleled by a reduction in muscle fiber number and size (sarcopenia), resulting in impaired mechanical muscle performance that in turn leads to a reduced functional capacity during everyday tasks.
Per Aagaard et al. · Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports · 2010

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Role of the nervous system in sarcopenia and muscle atrophy with aging: strength training as a countermeasure

Per Aagaard et al. · Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports · 2010

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