Strength Training Isn't Enough Without This

Strength training is the right instinct after 60 — but lifting weights without enough protein and overall fuel asks the body to build muscle out of nothing.

Muscle protein synthesis, the process that actually builds strength after a workout, depends on having enough amino acids available in the hours after training. Skip that, and the workout does less than it could.

This is the piece most fitness advice leaves out: the food side isn't optional support, it's half of the equation.

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On training days, aim to eat a protein-containing meal or snack within a couple of hours of your workout — that timing window is where the nutrition side does its work.

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