Exercise to Combat Muscle Loss

Stay active and exercise to maintain and restore muscle strength.

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"The important thing about resistance training is you have to ease into it," says Calabrese. "You have to gain strength first, and then endurance." This requires patience. "A common problem is people stick with it for a few weeks, and when they don't feel any different they stop," he says. It can take six to eight weeks to really notice the change.
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