Getting older doesn’t mean getting weaker. In fact, senior weight lifting—that is, doing resistance training with machines and/or free weights in your 60s and beyond—offers physical and ...

Weight training may help protect the brains of older adults from dementia, including those already showing signs of mild ...

When getting into weightlifting as a senior, your weights don't need to be anything drastically heavy. Even a simple 3-5 pound dumbbell with the right exercises and high reps will do a lot of work ...

Cognitive improvement was also imagined, but we wanted to see the effect of weight training on the brains of older people with mild cognitive impairment. The study showed that, fortunately ...

But a new study from Brazil has found that weight training can also help protect the brain—especially in older adults who are ...

Weight training just twice a week helps protect older people from dementia, Brazilian researchers say. Volunteers with mild cognitive impairment who practiced strength training showed improvements ...

These findings mark the first time that the structural impact of weight training on the brains of people with mild dementia.

Cognitive improvement was also imagined, but we wanted to see the effect of weight training on the brains of older people with mild cognitive impairment. The study showed that, fortunately ...

The researchers say weight training can protect the brain against dementia on two fronts: by stimulating the production of ...

A new study from Brazil suggests that weight training can help protect the brain from dementia, especially in older adults ...