Like fine wine, it is possible to get better with age. 

Typically, as we age the natural progression of the body is to deteriorate, lose functionality, and experience increases in disease. One process that is particularly debilitating is the increasing dysfunction within our mitochondria cells which leads to sarcopenia, or age related muscle wasting. 

Fortunately, science proves that we can reverse this dysfunction to that of a younger person through strength training. 

The mitochondria are the powerhouses of our cells which process nutrients into energy, but as we age their functioning diminishes to a point that we experience a reduced capability of absorbing and using nutrients from food.  With a decreased ability to absorb life supporting essential nutrients, our muscles are essentially starving and results in sarcopenia, reduced strength and functionality, and plummeting energy levels.
 
An exciting new study shows how just two strength training sessions a week can boost a senior's strength by 50% and increase the cells' ability to absorb and use nutrients found in the foods we eat. 

As Melov puts it, "The genetic fingerprint [of the elderly participants] was reversed to that of younger people--not entirely, but enough to say that their genetic profile was more like that of young people than old people."

The study's participants experienced an amazing increase in mitochondria activity - approximating that of a younger physiological age - which resulted in increases in both energy and strength.

So you see, your chronological age may be fixed, but your biological age may be years younger, or older, depending on what your health behaviors are. 

I'm off to my local fountain of youth now (Powerhouse Gym).