Episode 34 discusses building muscle as you age, what your lifting age vs actual age is and how these can affect your workouts, key steps on how to keep building muscle as you age, and for women we debunk some muscle building myths.

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References:

1. Healy, M.L., Gibney, J., Pentecost, C., Wheeler, M.J. and Sonksen, P.H. 2014. Endocrine profiles in 693 elite athletes in the postcompetition setting. Clin Endocrinol, 81: 294-305. https://doi.org/10.1111/cen.12445
2. Henderson, G.C., Dhatariya, K., Ford, G.C., Klaus, K.A., Basu, R., Rizza, R.A., Jensen, M.D., Khosla, S., O’Brien, P. and Nair, K.S. 2009. Higher muscle protein synthesis in women than men across the lifespan, and failure of androgen administration to amend age-related decrements. The FASEB Journal, 23: 631-641. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.08-117200
3. O’Hagan, F. T., Sale, D. G., MacDougall, J. D., & Garner, S. H. 1995. Response to resistance training in young women and men. International journal of sports medicine, 16(5), 314–321. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-973012 
4. Pickering, C., & Kiely, J. 2017. ACTN3: More than Just a Gene for Speed. Frontiers in physiology, 8, 1080. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2017.01080 
5. Roth, S. M., Ivey, F. M., Martel, G. F., Lemmer, J. T., Hurlbut, D. E., Siegel, E. L., Metter, E. J., Fleg, J. L., Fozard, J. L., Kostek, M. C., Wernick, D. M., & Hurley, B. F. 2001. Muscle size responses to strength training in young and older men and women. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 49(11), 1428–1433. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.4911233.x
6. Schoenfeld, B. J., Contreras, B., Krieger, J., Grgic, J., Delcastillo, K., Belliard, R., & Alto, A. 2019. Resistance Training Volume Enhances Muscle Hypertrophy but Not Strength in Trained Men. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 51(1), 94–103. https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000001764