Exercise Physiology: Theory and Application to Fitness and Performance 9th Edition by Scott Powers, Edward Howley

Exercise 14

Graph the change in both muscle mass and muscular strength with age.

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Ageing induces several physiological changes that alter the performance of a person. Most of these changes are neurological and muscular. Muscles lose strength with age, and this loss of strength is due to decrease in muscle mass. This loss of muscle mass due to ageing is called sarcopenia.