If you're wondering how to maintain your strength as you age, Dr Vonda Wright has a refreshingly simple formula.
When asked whether there was an ideal way to build and maintain muscle as we get older – including how often to train and how many reps to do – the double board-certified orthopaedic surgeon and healthy-ageing expert shared her recommendation.
'The minimum, if we're really working at it, is a couple of days a week progressively lifting,' she said on The Diary of a CEO.
Progressive overload simply means gradually making an exercise more challenging over time – whether that's by increasing the weight, performing more repetitions or reducing your rest periods.
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