What actually happens to your body as you age — and can you stop it?
In this clip, Starting Strength Coach Grant Broggi explains how sarcopenia (age-related muscle loss) begins as early as your 30s and accelerates into your 40s, 50s, and beyond. He breaks down why aches and injuries start compounding — and how most people unintentionally speed up their own decline.
The good news? It doesn’t have to be that way.
Grant explains why barbell training — specifically the squat, press, and deadlift — is the most effective way to build and preserve strength for life by training the body as a complete system.
If your goal is to stay strong, capable, and independent as you age, this is the foundation.