Hey, welcome back. Gilparat here. So I think deconditioning is one of the most underappreciated

causes of morbidity and mortality that I see in the hospital. You know, we see so many people that

end up with hip fractures, humorous fractures, all kinds of falls. They can't get off the floor. They can't get

out of bed. They have skin breakdown. And really what a lot of those people have is sarcopenia,

meaning they have loss of muscular mass and strength, especially in striated muscles. And this

lecture today is really not for those people

because what I'm going to be talking about

is much too intense for somebody who is already in that condition.

When I talk about building muscle today,

what I'm really discussing is a preventative

so you don't get into those situations later in life.

So this is really for people whose health is good and want to avoid conditions like sarcopenia

as their life progresses.

Now, there were many reasons I became a certified personal trainer several years ago, but one of them wasn't to

charge for training sessions or advice since I've never done that so far. Unless you count,

the advice thrown in while seeing patients who are there for other reasons and the discussion

of exercise is warranted. I provide tons of advice to friends, which often is a two-way conversation since some of my

friends are into fitness and they drop the knowledge on me. I send friends, family, and patients to

certified personal trainers and periodically hire them for myself, particularly if I'm in a plateau,

and I assure you many of them are worth every dollar. I became a certified personal

trainer because I wanted to know more for my own training needs. I also wanted to be able to

advise patients accurately about exercise and because I am fascinated by what the human body can

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