Building Muscle After 60

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Building muscle after 60, for both females and males - is completely doable. Watch our episode to learn how to build muscle, including how long it takes, what to eat, and which exercises to do.

For those wondering how to get in shape after 60, we share the best muscle-buildling exercises for seniors and older adults. May you be healthy and fit over 60 and beyond.

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Cyn Meyer here with Second Wind Movement, a resource for older adults like you (or someone you care for) that provides education, tools and coaching, so that you live your ideal retirement lifestyle that’s active, healthy, engaged and full of purpose.

We focus on five main areas of life, the 5 Rings of Retirement:

✅ Growth
✅ Community
✅ Health
✅ Giving Back
✅ Finance

So that you can get the most out of this important stage of life and help the future you age successfully in place.

[CynMeyerSecondWindMovement]

I teach you step-by-step The Rewire Method, so you can avoid falling into a too-common retirement rut and instead live a healthy, active, engaged retirement life

[sorrywrongplanet]

My Dad is 90 and I’m 60. We strength train together. We aren’t going to win any competitions but we are stronger.

[wayne]

Strength training at 73 . The most enduring things we do in later life are the things that gives us purpose. My addictions are family, weight training and playing guitar. I'm experiencing no decline in love for life.

[TomParish]

Finally SOMEONE taking about a topic that is not aimed only at 30-40 year olds. Thank you so much.

[jamesivie]

Thanks for the reinforcement and advice. I'm 80. I lift moderate weights at the gym three days a week, I hike and I bike. I can assure your listeners that your advice works.

[arthurthomasware]

Good advice, Cyn. I'm 87. Been training most of my life since I was twenty. Of course, I've lost muscle mass, yet I'm still reasonably strong, fit, and supple. Pumping iron, some aerobics, yoga stretches, are keeping me going. Gym twice a week. Yoga Stretches two or three times a week. I'd be lying if I said I only eat really healthy food. I like a beer. Also like my coffee and cake. Still in all, I eat pretty well. My advice to all oldies: keep and fit and well as you can. In that way you can do all of the other things you live for.

[walterdaems]

I’m 66. After waking up, around 6 in the morning, a cup of coffee and a banana I work out for more than an hour. In the late afternoon I do 3 series of correct executed pushups, abs or neck training. I practice I.F. For over 8 years now. I eat healthy and have banned all but natural sugars. I don’t drink alcohol (not a drop) and I don’t smoke. Every day I meditate for about an hour. Once every 3 months, sometimes longer, never shorter, I eat a solution of cannabis prepared in butter. When I go for a walk in the afternoon I still feel like 30. I don’t have any knee, back or other health problems. I don’t take any medication. I don’t give a toss about reaching 70, 80, 150, or 250 years. What I do care about is my well being, physically, mentally and emotionally in the here and now. And I can assure you I feel great from early morning until bedtime.

[derbillster]

I’m 75 and not athletic. I started going to a fitness center and warm up by rowing 20 minutes before starting a strength training routine. And I finish my workout by rowing 20 to 30 minutes. I usually row 1 kilometer in under 5 minutes. Most of my physical activity revolves around gardening and home maintenance or repair. You inspire me to continue being consistent.

[gilbertferguson]

Good advice. I am 80 and still lifting, biking and playing golf. Have been working out since I was a teenager. Fitness is a lifestyle for me. Thanks.

[CarolynnScoffield]

I am 65 years old and have lost 76 lbs in the last 10 months. I now want to build and add muscle to my small frame. I need muscle to insure that my metabolism stays high, in order to help me maintain my weight loss and stay slim! Also, as I age I want to remain strong and active! So, I will continue to explore the content and recommendations that you present here on your YouTube channel. Thankyou Cyn! 😊

[cbxxb]

Finally a health video for older people that isn’t all about loosing weight!!!! Thank you!

[ma-jpbf]

I recommend Mark Rippetoe's 'Starting Strength' if you're just focused on gaining strength, that's what his program focuses on. If you want flexibility, endurance etc. you'll need to augment it. The one big difference I notice at my age (62) compared to my youth is I need longer recovery time. I can't lift 4 or 5 times a week. Now it's lifting heavy twice a week, some cardio on the days in between. Lifting heavy more than twice a week and I actually lose strength.

The thing she doesn't mention in this video is the benefit of using barbell/free weights instead of machines. Barbells/free weights are much better for maintaining and/or improving balance. My mother died from slipping and falling in a parking lot. A lot of older folks with poor balance would benefit from even lifting lighter weights for the balance aspect, even if they're not wanting to gain as much muscle as possible.

[yttean]

Fully agreed, build muscles as early as you can if you haven't in your 20s and 30s. I built mine in my late 50s and I am now in my late 60s. Highly recommended. I feel stronger, healthier and over all well being than in my fifties. So listen to this lady.

[wendywertz]

Thanks for being so positive! All we see on tv and hear are negative things about aging

[jeffnoviello]

LOVE this!!! Thanks for the words of encouragement. I turn 61 in five days. I am in the best shape of my life. I consider myself a hybrid athlete. I have a commitment to myself to lift, run, or surf everyday. I work on mobility as well. My goal is to be able to surf as long as I am alive. I have been surfing regularly for 50 years and I still compete. My mantra turning 60 last December - "Sixties are about getting better, not older". Thanks again.

[russmartin]

I'm 69, had a heart attack in 2019, struggled with arthritis systems in my knees, hips, elbows, wrists and fingers, a few years later I read about the benefits of keto, fasting, and regular exercise. The benefits are super. Now I'm experimenting with supplements like magnesium, collagen and L-Citrulline (nitricoxide), those I don't believe our bodies produce much of at this age. I'm 5'7" now at 140 lbs and both my cardiologist and primary doctor say I'm doing great.

[bw]

Retired 5 years ago at 64, made exercise and eating healthier a priority. Walk and lift light weights daily. Also, dips, pushups and squats (no weights). I usually swim a lot in the summer and also go back to my home state of Hawaii to hike and swim in the winter. Eat less and better, gave up sugary drinks, but still have a beer or two or three every week! I'm at a healthy weight now and feel so much better and energetic. Enjoy your channel!

[RandallvanOosten-lnwf]

I just turned 76 and have been lifting weights since I was 24. Because I have never stopped lifting, I can push pretty heavy and continue to gain muscle. I also watch my weight and work at avoiding fat gain. I really don't notice any difference between lifing in my 30s or 40s and now.

[jamesstrawn]

I am 62 & have developed a complicated routine through the years. The anchor has been running. I began this daily habit at nineteen. The distance has been far higher in earlier years but remains at a little over six miles daily. My advice is relatively simple: Do something you can do every day, then add things little by little when the routine is in place. For most people, to do almost anything daily is better than doing nothing (with good intentions).

[tesla]

It’ s my first video from you, and it’s easy to see that you care for older people. So I register and slowly will like each of your video when I will look at them. You are a positive person, it’s obvious, and you share it. Thanks