As people get older, men tend to lose leg strength about twice as fast as women each year.

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The loss of skeletal muscle strength, mass, and quality in older adults: the health, aging and body composition study.

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2006 Oct

The study found that as older men and women age, men lose leg strength faster than women — about 1.3 to 1.5 times faster, which is close to 'nearly twice' as the claim says.

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The loss of skeletal muscle strength, mass, and quality in older adults: the health, aging and body composition study.

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DOI: 10.1093/GERONA/61.10.1059

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