In fact, although age can lead to muscle loss, there is no absolute causal relationship. Deshun Wang, the "most handsome grandfather" in Chinese mainland, is an artist and model in his 80s. He walked the catwalk energetically at the 80th birthday party, and his figure was better than that of many young people in their twenties.
The recent article "A 96-year-old man can still go to the gym with minimally invasive surgery only 0.5 cm after fracture" also reported that a 96-year-old grandfather regained the habit of going to the gym even after fracture surgery. Adequate exercise every day also ensures that even if he is nearly a hundred years old, he can still walk on the road without crutches
Image source: freepik squats most afraid of two problems: falling or hurting his knee. No matter when you start, it's never too late to exercise. As long as the habit of exercise is formed, it will be of great benefit to maintain physical fitness and even progress. 60% of the muscles in the human body are in the legs, so most people start resistance training from the lower body and core strength.
The most basic resistance training is the "squat" that everyone is quite familiar with. However, this action has two problems that have been criticized for the longest time: First, novices can easily hurt their knees if they pose incorrectly; Then, the elders want to try, but they are afraid that if they are not careful, they will wait and die, causing regret.
Putting a chair behind you can easily solve two problems. In this regard, Wu Jiandong, a Chinese medicine practitioner who attaches importance to exercise and health preservation, suggested that these two problems can be easily overcome by putting a chair behind his back.
"People who have just started practicing squats can put a chair behind them first, so that even if they are unstable, they will only sit in the chair when they sit back," Wu Jiandong added. There is another advantage of putting a chair. For example, when some people practice squat, they will squat too low, causing the weight to press on their knees, further increasing the burden on their knees. But I put a chair behind me, because the height of the chair is limited, and I also avoided knee injury.