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50-year-old muscles just can’t grow big like they used to – the biology of how muscles change with age

  • Written by Roger Fielding, Associate Director of the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Professor of Medicine, Tufts University
50-year-old muscles just can’t grow big like they used to – the biology of how muscles change with ageWhy is it harder to build muscle as you age? DjelicS/iStock via Getty Images

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