Michael Joseph Gross

Now by this time, the young girl has become a medical student and she decides that she's going to specialize in the treatment of old people because she wants to try to help older people avoid her grandmother's fate. Maria Fiatoroni Singh went on to become the first doctor to use strength training in the way that we've just defined it.

Now by this time, the young girl has become a medical student and she decides that she's going to specialize in the treatment of old people because she wants to try to help older people avoid her grandmother's fate. Maria Fiatoroni Singh went on to become the first doctor to use strength training in the way that we've just defined it.

Now by this time, the young girl has become a medical student and she decides that she's going to specialize in the treatment of old people because she wants to try to help older people avoid her grandmother's fate. Maria Fiatoroni Singh went on to become the first doctor to use strength training in the way that we've just defined it.

Lifting heavy weights at about 80% of one repetition maximum for frail elderly people. The way she came to that idea was she went to a nursing home called Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged in Boston. And she had a meeting with the residents and she said, I need to run some kind of a study here and I want it to be a study that's going to improve your lives. What would you like?

Lifting heavy weights at about 80% of one repetition maximum for frail elderly people. The way she came to that idea was she went to a nursing home called Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged in Boston. And she had a meeting with the residents and she said, I need to run some kind of a study here and I want it to be a study that's going to improve your lives. What would you like?

Lifting heavy weights at about 80% of one repetition maximum for frail elderly people. The way she came to that idea was she went to a nursing home called Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged in Boston. And she had a meeting with the residents and she said, I need to run some kind of a study here and I want it to be a study that's going to improve your lives. What would you like?

What can I do for you as a doctor? Would you like to live longer?" And a man raised his hand in the back of the room and he said, I'm 90 years old. I lived through the Holocaust. I don't want to live longer. I just want to be able to get up in the middle of the night and go to the bathroom and get back to my bed by myself. Now, that was the light bulb moment for her.

What can I do for you as a doctor? Would you like to live longer?" And a man raised his hand in the back of the room and he said, I'm 90 years old. I lived through the Holocaust. I don't want to live longer. I just want to be able to get up in the middle of the night and go to the bathroom and get back to my bed by myself. Now, that was the light bulb moment for her.

What can I do for you as a doctor? Would you like to live longer?" And a man raised his hand in the back of the room and he said, I'm 90 years old. I lived through the Holocaust. I don't want to live longer. I just want to be able to get up in the middle of the night and go to the bathroom and get back to my bed by myself. Now, that was the light bulb moment for her.

She thought, what if I came in and tested these people's strength and worked with them to lift weights at a high level of intensity, 80% of their one repetition maximum. Nobody had ever done that before because everybody thought it was dangerous for older people's hearts. But she ran the study, 12 weeks later, the minimum strength gain in these older people's legs was 64%.

She thought, what if I came in and tested these people's strength and worked with them to lift weights at a high level of intensity, 80% of their one repetition maximum. Nobody had ever done that before because everybody thought it was dangerous for older people's hearts. But she ran the study, 12 weeks later, the minimum strength gain in these older people's legs was 64%.

She thought, what if I came in and tested these people's strength and worked with them to lift weights at a high level of intensity, 80% of their one repetition maximum. Nobody had ever done that before because everybody thought it was dangerous for older people's hearts. But she ran the study, 12 weeks later, the minimum strength gain in these older people's legs was 64%.

The maximum strength gain was 374%. And the average was almost double, about 175%. She went on to run a bigger randomized controlled trial of strength training for the oldest malnourished people and had the same results. But it not only made them stronger in the sense of testing their strength, lifting heavier weights, it made them walk faster. It increased their spontaneous activity.

The maximum strength gain was 374%. And the average was almost double, about 175%. She went on to run a bigger randomized controlled trial of strength training for the oldest malnourished people and had the same results. But it not only made them stronger in the sense of testing their strength, lifting heavier weights, it made them walk faster. It increased their spontaneous activity.

The maximum strength gain was 374%. And the average was almost double, about 175%. She went on to run a bigger randomized controlled trial of strength training for the oldest malnourished people and had the same results. But it not only made them stronger in the sense of testing their strength, lifting heavier weights, it made them walk faster. It increased their spontaneous activity.

They were just walking around the nursing home more than they did before, moving around the nursing home. Some of them actually were walking who hadn't been able to walk on their own before. They'd been using walkers or canes. A couple of them just threw those canes away. But for everybody, the result was an increased ability to act on the world in the ways that they wanted to.

They were just walking around the nursing home more than they did before, moving around the nursing home. Some of them actually were walking who hadn't been able to walk on their own before. They'd been using walkers or canes. A couple of them just threw those canes away. But for everybody, the result was an increased ability to act on the world in the ways that they wanted to.

They were just walking around the nursing home more than they did before, moving around the nursing home. Some of them actually were walking who hadn't been able to walk on their own before. They'd been using walkers or canes. A couple of them just threw those canes away. But for everybody, the result was an increased ability to act on the world in the ways that they wanted to.

The list is long. Strength training improves bone density. It improves blood pressure. It even improves aerobic fitness as much as moderate intensity walking, especially for older people. A lot of people can't believe it when they hear that. It improves body composition. It helps treat type 2 diabetes, and that's especially true for older people. It reduces risk of cancer.

The list is long. Strength training improves bone density. It improves blood pressure. It even improves aerobic fitness as much as moderate intensity walking, especially for older people. A lot of people can't believe it when they hear that. It improves body composition. It helps treat type 2 diabetes, and that's especially true for older people. It reduces risk of cancer.