If the greying hair, wrinkles and expanding midriff of middle age weren’t enough of a kick in the teeth (which are more than likely weakening too), your body is also changing on the inside, and not usually for the better. Google what happens to the human body once you hit 40 and beyond and you’ll see themes such as a decrease in strength, muscle mass, balance and bone density, plus a slowing metabolic rate, crop up time and time again.
Ben Plenge, owner and coach at MTB-specific fitness company The Strength Factory, tells us not to panic though, as there are some steps we can take to limit (and in some cases, reverse) the decline. “Forty is just a number,” he says. “But for a lot of people, it’s a…
