The Exact Age Your Strength And Fitness Starts To Deteriorate

It's probably younger than you think.

We’ve written before at HuffPost UK about sarcopenia, or the gradual wasting away of muscles as we age.

This process, which is linked to frailty, falls, and even an increased dementia risk, can begin as early as our 40s – and if we do nothing to battle it, we could lose half of our muscle mass by 80.

Now, new research from the Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia, and Muscle has pinpointed the exact age at which most of us begin to lose strength and fitness.

We could start to lose our strength by........

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