Why building muscle could slow aging | Prof. Brad Schoenfeld

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/maV9BFrqmEg?si=Og4waRBX2hCjTjwt Learn how your body responds to food. Take our FREE quiz 👉 http://zoe.com/podcast As we age, we need to keep our muscles strong. How can we best achieve that, and potentially add years to our life? Jonathan talks with Dr. Brad Schoenfeld to try and find out. Dr. Schoenfeld is a professor at Lehman College in New York City. His research focuses on muscle adaptations to strength training. He's published over 300 studies in the field of exercise and sports nutrition as a scientist and began his career as a competitive bodybuilder and personal trainer. Studies related to this clip: Effects of resistance training on muscle size and strength in very elderly adults from Sports Science Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32740889/ Strength and hypertrophy adaptations between low- vs. high-load resistance Training from The journal of strength and conditioning research Link: https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/Fulltext/2017/12000/Strength_and_Hypertrophy_Adaptations_Between_Low_.31.aspx Books: - Every Body Should Know This by Dr Federica Amati: https://amzn.to/4blJsLg - Food For Life by Prof. Tim Spector: https://amzn.to/4amZinu