It seems cruel that age-related muscle loss—or sarcopenia—starts just after the high-energy years of your 20s.

I turned 30 this year and wish I could steal some of the vigor of my 25-year-old self to build some muscle. I have to work much harder nowadays to stay strong.

“Muscle mass begins to decline in our 30s, but even more so after 40,” explains Liz Hilliard, a personal trainer and the founder and creator of the Hilliard Studio Method . You may like

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