A 51-year-old personal trainer shares his 20-minute workout to build an maintain muscle
Celebrity trainer Harley Pasternak shares his 20-minute, six-day-a-week strength training routine designed to combat age-related muscle loss. The program focuses on two body parts and core exercises per session to ensure sustainable muscle maintenance.
Why it matters
Provides actionable fitness advice for aging populations looking to mitigate sarcopenia through efficient, time-managed resistance training.
The celebrity personal trainer Harley Pasternak strength trains for 20 minutes, six days a week. Harley Pasternak Harley Pasternak, a celebrity personal trainer, strength trains for 20 minutes, six days a week. As he ages, he's prioritizing resistance training to maintain his muscle mass. Pasternak focuses on two different body parts and his core in each workout. At 51, Harley Pasternak's focus is building and maintaining his muscle mass sustainably as he ages. Sarcopenia, the natural process of age-related muscle loss, usually begins at around age 30 and accelerates at age 60. As resistance training can help to prevent it, Pasternak has tweaked his workout routine to make this the focus. He also prioritizes recovery by training for 20 minutes at a time and giving the muscles he worked several days off before hitting them again.
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