If you have strong arms and strong legs, you will most likely live to a ripe old age. Many people have a problem with age — sarcopenia. What is sarcopenia? This is an age-related loss of muscle strength and muscle mass. That is, the arms and legs weaken. But not only that. The muscles responsible for breathing also weaken — the respiratory muscles. Very often, in people with severe sarcopenia, breathing is barely possible, which significantly reduces life expectancy.
Scientists have noticed that if a person has sarcopenia, it greatly shortens life. You should know that if, for example, as a man, you cannot squeeze 30 kg with a hand dynamometer (which is in every therapist’s office) , that is, if as a man you do not squeeze 30 kg – most likely you have sarcopenia. If a woman does not squeeze 20 kg – most likely – sarcopenia. This is a test for the hands. If your hands are limp, everything hangs – most likely it is sarcopenia. But there is also the test with five squats : you just get up from a chair and sit down, get up and sit down, without helping yourself with your hands. If you manage to do it for 15 seconds , you most likely do not have sarcopenia. However, if you have difficulty ge
