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Keeping the vital pelvic floor healthy by Nancy Muller

After age 40, men and women begin losing muscle at the rate of about half a pound per year, replacing it with fat. The rate of loss doubles for women after menopause.1 Unless an effort is made to prevent this loss of lean body mass through exercise, gradual declines take place in muscular strength and endurance throughout the body, including the internal muscles.

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