Growing older is inevitable, but growing weaker doesn’t have to be. Discover how strength training preserves muscle and bone, reduces fall risk, and protects your independence for decades to come.

Lifting weights may be the closest thing the fitness world has to a fountain of youth. Muscle, strength, metabolism, body fat, blood pressure, and bone density all deserve attention as we age.

Bodybuilding can fight age-related muscle loss, but taken to extremes, it may carry a cost. Part 1 opens the debate on muscle mass, longevity, and the line between health and excess.