According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), while around 50% of American adults engage in adequate cardio workouts, less than 30% meet the recommended minimum guidelines formuscle-strengtheningactivities, which include exercises like lifting weights, yoga, heavy gardening, or p...
“I just thought that it would be impossible to make a difference to my body as an older woman,” says Joanna Blacker, a small business owner and recently qualified personal trainer from west London, who took up strength training at 53. “I’d been through the menopause, gained weight and...