The Muscle-Building Secret for Seniors (Start TODAY!)

Let me tell you something too many seniors learn the hard way.

Living long and living well are not always the same thing.

You don’t just want to collect a bunch of birthdays – you want to be healthy and strong enough to keep doing the things you love.

But nothing can steal your quality of life faster than the muscle loss that many seniors experience.

Once that muscle and power start wasting away, you become less active, less mobile, and you’re a sitting duck for life-altering falls and injuries.

And there’s one thing you may be doing right now that could be increasing your odds of losing muscle by a whopping 70%.

But here’s the good news – it’s easy to fix, and you can started today.

And if you’ve been reading my eletter for a while, you may already be on your way to rebuilding the strong, active muscles you need.

That loss of muscle and power you’ve been experiencing actually has a medical name – dynapenia.

And it can start to really accelerate once you hit 65.

But protecting your muscles and strength starts with something simple you’ve heard me talk about plenty of times: vitamin D.

Researchers from Brazil followed more than 3,200 adults for four years, and looked at their vitamin D levels and what happened with their muscles.

The folks with the lowest vitamin D levels were a whopping 70% more likely to develop dynapenia.

And that makes sense, because vitamin D is essential to muscle function. It activates genes involved in muscle contraction and protein synthesis, and improves how our muscle fibers handle calcium.

Now, you know by now that my first move isn’t to recommend vitamin D supplements. I’d much rather you get your vitamin D levels up through sun exposure, which offers many additional health benefits beyond supplementing.

I keep my own vitamin D levels above 80 mg/dL, well beyond what the study deemed sufficient, solely through sun exposure and without supplements.

But I understand it can be tough to get enough sun exposure this time of year in many parts of the country. So it makes sense to get your levels tested and supplement as necessary.

Combine that with some strength training a few times a week and some yoga for flexibility and balance (there are plenty of free instructional videos for seniors online), and you’ll be well on your way to improving your muscles – and your quality of life.