As a 55 yr old trainer, weakness isn’t a disease, it’s a choice. Go to the gym, lift heavy as you can safely. That’s it, now go.

Excellent information and presentation. There is NOTHING like being strong and able. At 68, I wanted a clear, concise muscle building program to keep me in good shape. This is just what I was looking for. Something that wasn't mentioned (can't get to everything, right?) is that bone health responds to the pressure put on it by muscles. If your muscles are weak and you don't use them, the body ceases to maintain parts that it doesn't use. So your bones become weaker and osteopenic or osteoporotic. But the good news is that just like you can rebuild muscle, you can also rebuild your bone. But you MUST use it. :-)

Summary: exercise daily. Short bursts of activity are best. Keep moving. Sprint occasionally. Cures or lessens many age related ailments.

Strength to weight ratio is very important for improved mobility and health span. Be as strong as possible, while as light as possible. This will require minimizing body fat, while maximizing muscle. VERY important to avoid injuring your joints.

Very inspirational ! I see that this was recorded 4 years ago so I am curious as to how you are today. I am 79 years old and began losing my muscle strength about 2 1/2 years ago. I have been exercising but I don’t seem to be getting any stronger and I find it so frustrating. I find it increasingly difficult to get up from sitting, and need to hold on to something going up and down stairs. But I will keep trying harder because of your speech!!

Thank you! 65 and staying alive with trampolining, Body flex, and callanetics Love my workout program I’m very happy and grateful to be alive.

People are ALWAYS going to try to find ways to be LAZY & make up excuses..."Ohhhh, I'm too old to exercise" or...."Ohhh, I'm too busy to exercise". Its nonsense! A great motivational speaker in this video! Thank you Fred!

Great message. Doctors need to convey this to their patients. My mom dies a couple of years ago at age 89. She could not go up 2 stairs without holding onto something and extreme labor. I tried to get her to exercise for years, but no luck. If her doctors told her to take a certain medication, she just did it. I wish she was told to exercise.

Well said Sir! Life changing talk! Share this video. 66 here. All the best to you Sir. Going for a walk.

thankyou fred,,you make sooo much sense,you are sooo right,im suffering from muscle loss and ive never took any notice.....until now,,,in pain sore knees,no pading on backside very skinny ankles,etc,,,im glad ive found your video...!!,,ive allways been a hard worker ,but feeling weaker ,only early 60s,,,need to work out thank you for inspiration and hope your well...from scotland..

I’m all in and have been weight training for 46 years and still going strong - I don’t take any meds, good BP, high testosterone and clear on a heart calcium scan at age 62.

Brilliant motivational talk!!! I will check out the book. I just turned 62 and have started a weights program and I love it. I am trying to convince my husband and will send him this video. I love the idea of being fit and healthy in my eighties and nineties 😊

Outstanding information! Well-done!!!

This was amazing!

You are an example of my hero from the Bible Caleb he was 85 and could still go out to battle well done mate 15 years to go nice to see a positive outlook

Very inspiring, thank you for posting.

Awesome presentation. Thank you I’m 70 and back in the gym for over a year now. I agree with everything you said.

GOOD INFORMATION! NEEDED TO KNOW THIS! THANKS!

Most of this talk is about how well this gentleman is doing. Kudos! The other 10% is about just keeping up with sports and exercise as you age. Summary: "I am doing it into mid 80s and you can too! - don't give up, don't accept negative messages and keep using your body physically. - run stairs, lift weights, skip, ski, whatever!"

Thank you for your amazing pep talk! 😁👍

Fantastic presentation. This is a rude awakening for me. Thanks for the motivation. I will start going to the gym and pump heavy irons.

Thanks a million for this talk.

My joints hurt way before my muscles are tired, especially elbows and shoulders and knees, and that prevents working out with heavy weights to failure: joints fail before muscles. Damaging joints would prevent even lighter exercises. I'm a 69 yo healthy female with strong lower body and weak upper body all my life. Surely others have this issue of muscles vs joints. I haven't heard anyone address it.

Thank you Fred for caring .

Thank you for uploading and sharing. Women are great motivators. ❤

I hear you brother, loud and clear! Kenn~

Posture improvement and maintenance is critical for strength, balance, and mobility.

Ayup! Thanks for the reminder. Here's an exercise. wrestle mat.. I practice falling down. Then get up, then fall down, then get up... Practice falling, then, when you do trip, you are redy to tuck n roll, instead of trying to stay up, which causes twisted ankles, broken knees and hips.... Thanks again.. we trying to live waaaaaaay too long ;-)

Great talk! Use it, or lose it. Remember SAID principle. Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands.

I don’t know who you are but you’re in fantastic shape for a guy of 84.

Great video Fred...I’ve been incentivized by your talk. It’s only obvious when we hear it...thank you very much

You won't have to deal with sarcopenia if you hit the gym more regular, older you are the more you gotta do, leave that gym in pain if you have to . Let your body know who's in charge.

Very very interesting! I hope this person the best! He has lucky grandchildren!

Thanx Fred. U are an inspiration. I’d love to know what foods U eat and overall nutritional philosophy.

He’s absolutely correct. It’s more important than money. And, you won’t need to see a doctor or take a prescription to feel normal

great talk. i wish i had known this information when i was young before i lost my muscles to sarcopenia. now at age 49 i try hard but they don.t come back :(

Wonderful advice on what is the most important subject for every ageing individual in the world today, preserving , maintaining and building good health. Many Thanks

Great information.... eating whole natural foods and limiting carb intake along with moving every chance you can every single day keeps the body working...

take control of your body, don't let your body take control of you.

Great Content

im 70, i still go to gym n trained three hours a day. im physically better looking that most in their thirties n much stronger. no aches n pains and still dating because they didnt know im actually 70 lol.

Thanks so much, you are a salty and sweet guy Fred, I enjoy your humor. I don't want to be a statistic like my family members were, and have always loved being 'physical'. You answered my question as to whether I should lift light or heavy weight, I think this has aesthetic benefits too (getting rid of loose, crepey skin if you're not overweight). Certain amino acids can be supportive as well, I've noticed a positive difference from taking them.

86? You look and sound great! Thank you

You give me hope! I am lazy but I will give this a shot , thank you.

I see that you care and in speaking to your audience, I know it helped them and me and it gets an important, not well-understood point across about the vital need for activity. The public at large is not as aware of this as one would think. And it's Ok to play on the women's team; nothing wrong with that, even though your friends ribbed you about it. I wish you would have acknowledged that. I can tell you, women would appreciate it, to say the least. Thanks for your research and effort to produce this video. Best.

I have been continuously taking hardcore, weightlifting workouts since I was age 16. I once calculated that in one workout I moved 17K lbs. per multiplying reps times sets times poundage. It is an ingrained habit and lifestyle for me. I also spent many years backpacking, mountain climbing, rock and ice climbing and running to train for those activities. I am now 82 years old and in the last four or five years, I have lost about thirty pounds of muscle and a lot of strength. I still work out and get sore muscles, but it takes about two weeks to recuperate. My point here is that exercise, resistance training, hardcore bodybuilding workouts do not stave off sarcopenia. You need normal levels of testosterone and growth hormone to avoid sarcopenia. At age 82, my testosterone level is zilch, and just try to get an MD to prescribe it for you. Some specialty practices will prescribe testosterone but will charge you large dollars.

Get that message out there Fred.

I am 61 and I started doing nitric oxide dump (Zach Bush) alongside other simple exercises like walking and little bit of yoga. I am slowly adding muscle back which I was losing. Fred mentioned that we need short burst interval exercises are great for our body.

Thank you for your talk I could see at times it was difficult for you to keep continuity But a strong message excuse the pun. This old guy 75 now bikes for cardio and bands stretch for strength gotta be careful at my age with free weights think the bands are the way to go thanks again

After many years of doing pushups, sit ups and chinups...Starting right after I could walk ~ I started weight training at 15 ~ Now after a full life of cheating death (surfing after age 11)~ I'm kitesurfing (AGE 70) ~ Despite the heavey metals and chronic fatigue and stress of divorce and many years on my back in recovery from poor diet ! WOW !! SarcoPainia = slow death from laziness (BRUTAL)

4:37 40% person in the 70's take a fall and never recovers. 9:02 frailty aging. 15:38 thousands of changes in body from exercise

I agree we have to strength train I’m 77 walk and strength train every day never give up I learned to challenge my body when I was a young marine whooo rah

I wish people would get this message.

More about strength than muscle mass 3.30 mins. Muscles get weaker with age, but tendons remain strong if trained properly and you don't put the extra strain on the heart when it pushes blood through bulk you don't need. Squats, lunges, Mabu (very hard) and press ups all give you strength without bulk. Great video.

Use it, OR lose it! 🏋️‍♂️🤸‍♀️

Excelsior!

I am 64, a regular gymmer since from 16 yrs old, recently when i was working out in my gym i tore my shoulder tendon

Is it to late when your 77 with sarcopenia to cure this disease and get muscle back.

Wish this attorney would look into mitochondrial health.

Its obvious from the number of views that no one wants to hear it. When I mention it to my wife I get her just leave me alone look. Good job on the video, Thanks

gotta get the diet right, and maybe incorporate a fasting protocol . then see how health is established and maintained with minimal exercise.

If our bodies were designed that means there’s a designer or creator.

You don't need to reach failure in your sets to get the benefits of lifting, that is a bro science. Leaving a couple reps in the tank is just fine, after all, that's how powerlifters train.

No shortcut for healthy life in later years.

2 years ago I had some ottitis and when I saw the healthcare system in Romania... I was like, alright time to change things up and never see again these folks called "doctors" and their magical pills. I am 29 and I feel like I changed my lifestyle at the exact moment, I haven't had exercised since 17/18 till 28 and it was damn hard at first, I don't wanna imagine starting it later.

If you can’t convert protein and therefore lack the amino acid building blocks necessary in the synthesis of muscle then no amount of resistance training is going to stave off sarcopenia during aging

Protein and exercise are key, most do not get enough of either and sarconpenea is the result.

I'm 74 and lift heavy weights almost every day. Physically, I have been losing ground for several years. I look better than most of my peers, but I have lost much muscle mass. Weight lifting has lost most, but not all, of its effect.

70 a carnivore work out 6 days a week high volume,I am stronger then I was in my 40’s and I was a block layer at the time as well so use it or lose it mate anything else is commentary

Great lesson, and one that likely is truth, although only a partial truth. This man, who looks great at 84, has found that hard exhaustive exercise is the way to build muscle mass and keep it into old age, but, he is big around the middle and likely has a fatty liver among other fatty organs, visceral fat, etc. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is an epidemic. It is caused by grains and high fructose corn syrup. Especially wheat. If this man would eliminate grains, sugar, carbohydrates from his diet, especially wheat, he would still be fit, but would likely have a longer life expectancy than he does now. He might be thinner, smaller around the waist, but he would have a healthier heart, healthier brain, healthier arteries. We who eat the standard American diet, even those who eat "clean" (a meaningless term), need to eat more red meat, more pork, more chicken, less grains, less sugar, less vegetables to be the healthiest person possible. Vegetables, yes vegans, are susceptible to terrible autoimmune disease, like ulcerative colitis, Crohn's Disease, Lupus, Rheumatoid arthritis, etc. from plant proteins leaking through the gut wall and their immune system attacking these proteins which in turn attack their own cells. But good luck telling them that, they can't stomach the idea of eating an animal.

Great video, but you have a mike...please use it ...properly. Us hard of hearing struggle....

Kettlebells I’m 67 I have muscles

There’s only one disease that is not improved by resistance training. I had it. I am pushing very hard because I know at my age there’s no other choice.

Thank you! Thank you! Your video gave me knowledge and hope for improving my health and strength! I am 81 now and I will be 82 this Sept 2! I jioned Planet Fitness again to gain strength and muscles with my vitamins! God bless you and everyone with you!😉😉😉😊🤗😊🤗

Lots of conflicting info out there apparently squats are bad for knees and ask the Tabb Brothers about weights! However, weights saved my knee (see John Bergman). Good job I'm listening! Janice

Seemed like he did a lot of bragging and did not tell seniors how to start beginning to reverse sarcopenia if they are already experiencing lack of muscle.

My dad has very serious case of muscle loss, he does exercise and he has been a very active person all his life he used to play several sports and had a very muscular body, he still is very active at 76 he does a lot of repairs and cutting soldering works at home and also his works on electronics, but his sudden weight loss a few years ago on the last years has me worried, he eats healthy and like I said is still very active, any ideas on what could be wrong or must be checked on his case?

Great video Fred. Tie your knowledge of exercise with a whole-foods plant-based diet and you will make the Blue Zones look like child's play.for longevity. Thank you

Only one question, I know hundreds of senior athletes around the world who exercise as mach as Nr Fred, but no one looks like him. So on which hormmone replacement therapy are you???

My doctor just said eat high protein no ketp - no help

Fair play to him, I don’t want to be carrying that much weight at that age, if I get there..I live in Hong Kong plenty of skinny old folk running around here..

60 old?? NO IN MY UNIVERSE

Well i’ve heard enough , cursing God was totally unnecessary

What about joint pain. If I lift heavy weight, I will suffer intense joint pain.

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He's inspirational, for sure. But I must say that I'm not convinced lifting heavy weights is needed by anyone to live a normal active life. And unfortunately, his emphasis upon them may well frighten some people into not exercising at all, and prompt others into lifting foolishly and sustaining serious injury.

Heavy Weights to failure always remember

I was diagnosed with severe stenosis of the cervical spine and myelopathy... Because of the pain, limited range of motion and weakness involved with this, I cannot do any effective upper body workouts. I am scheduled for surgery that will relieve the compression on my spinal chord and begin PT once I am cleared to do so. In the meantime, I have severe sarcopenia in my arms, I am 57, have a normal bmi, and walk a lot daily, there is actually inches of hanging flesh on my upper arms- what can I do until I can begin PT? Will this be able to be improved with PT?

And now there 95% diabetic ?

I really think if we did the correct form of yoga from an early age would be far better.

Doctors are wrong about a lot of things

Go forward to 17 minutes

Zeke Emmanuel is the freak.

This is all fine and dandy for someone who has been muscular and extremely active all his life, but what about us life-long couch potatoes for whom a three pound dumb bell constitutes a really exhausting workout?

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1% will live to 90? Well, yes, they have medical, money for healthcare and drugs; the rest of the population not so good

You sir maybe very educated but anyone who takes God’s name in vain is a fool and if you don’t change your way of thinking you will soon find that out. Praying that happens before you leave this world. God is not the dammer HE is the blesser.

Wow. Smart guy and he believes in evolution.

You lost me when you used Gods name in vain. You should be praising His holy name…Shame on you. Shame….

He is panting while speaking.