Title: How Long Does It Take for Older Adults to Build Muscle? - SilverSneakers
Headings: How Long Does It Take to Build Muscle?
How Long Does It Take to Build Muscle?
You’ll feel the results before you see them. Here’s why.
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Content: These muscle gains might not completely change your silhouette or require new clothes, but they will transform your function, mobility, and quality of life. Over the long term, they can improve your balance and help prevent injuries. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends people 65 and older do muscle-strengthening activities at least twice per week. If you’re up to it or as you get stronger, many fitness experts recommend doing three or four sessions per week. New to strength training? Do what you can to start—and hang in there. The German researchers noted that people with “poor performance at the outset can achieve improvement even with less frequent training.” The Bigger Prize: Strength You Can’t See
There’s a difference between muscle size and muscle strength. While they definitely overlap, strength has a larger neurological component, depending not only on the size of your muscle fibers but also on your body’s ability to activate those fibers.