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Peter Attia
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It’s impossible to say “this exercise” or “that exercise” is the *most* important training focus, but certainly very high on the list for an aging person is the type of training that recruits type II muscle fibers. This topic is covered in great depth in both of my podcasts with @drandygalpin (episodes #239 and #250). There are many ways to do such training, including very high strength/force movements with low speed, but what I demonstrate here is another way and it’s safer for many people who don’t have the training age or experience to do 2-4 rep movement at 90% of 1 RM, for example. One of our goals with patients, regardless of age, is to get them engaging in some form of power training on a weekly basis. Remember, first goes power (and speed), then goes strength, and finally size. We want to delay this as much as possible.