# @mackinprof on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DKzPsbTMQmG
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- **Posted:** 2025-06-12T12:27:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Stuart Phillips (@mackinprof) — https://gondola.cc/mackinprof

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Turning Back Time: Moving Like a 20-Year-Old When You're Almost 70!

Older adults can maintain youth-like levels of physical function—if they lift weights. A new study compared older adults (~69 yr) who resistance trained to young adults (~24 yrs) who did not. The result? On key measures like:

•	Chair-stand performance
•	6-minute walk test
•	Timed up-and-go

➡️ Older lifters performed as well as (or better than) young non-lifters.
No gimmicks. 
No biohacks. 
No pre-exercise protein. 
No creatine. 
No fancy pixie dust… 
Just consistency and resistance training—2x/week following ACSM guidelines. How simple is that?

Flip the script on aging: muscle loss and functional decline aren't inevitable. Resistance training is powerful, accessible, and proven to maintain independence and quality of life as we age.

Older adults can maintain youth-like levels of physical function—if they engage in weightlifting.

📚 Reference: Kendall H, Kipp LE, Mettler JA. Transl J ACSM. 2025;10(3):e000312.
PMID: 38881904 | DOI: 10.1249/TJX.0000000000000312
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