[Jonty30]

For good. A person with the greater amount of muscle will be more mobile, and agile, and balance better.

All greate preventers of falls, which is one of the main causes of premature deaths in seniors.

Also, having more muscle will help protect bones in the event of a fall.

[lurk]

Plus people with muscles can open jars and difficult packages, giving them access to nutrition.

[cherry]

actually, the density of the bone mass is what makes for strong bones...strong bones resist breakage more than weak bones...

strong bones are strong because they've had more resistance....weight....

so its not surprising that those that are a little heavier have stronger bones...

there is a huge correlation between severe disability and death with a broken hip in the elderly...

[Caipirabob]

Thanks for the info on that. I’ve been working on getting back into shape following a pretty rough year physically. Not quite as easy as it was 20 years past but its resulted in some decent muscle tone. I just didn’t mean to add muscle.

[Cronos]

I can vouch for that. When I was in my twenties I was heavily into powerlifting and motorbiking. When I did have a heavy skid at high speed, I walked away with no broken bones (but lots of bruises, even though I was wearing the entire gear)