Frail nursing-home residents aged about 90 gained 174% in strength after 8 weeks of heavy training
Does strength training work in your 90s?
The finding
Strength rose 174% ± 31% (mean ± SEM). Mid-thigh muscle area rose 9.0% and tandem gait speed 48%.
- Authors
- Fiatarone MA, Marks EC, Ryan ND, et al.
- Published
- JAMA 263(22):3029–34 · 1990
- Evidence
- Read in the primary source; numbers checked.
- Source
- pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2342214/
How it was studied
10 volunteers aged 90 ± 1; 9 completed 8 weeks of high-intensity resistance training.
What it does not show
A tiny, uncontrolled sample.
What Longstanding does with it
Cited for one point only: strength stays trainable very late. It is not used to set any number in the app.