Medial Journalist Dr. Michael Mosley provided tips for getting stronger without going to the gym in order to combat muscle waste as we get older on Trust Me, I’m a Doctor.

Dr. Mosley says: “As we enter our 40s our bodies get worse at building and maintaining muscle, and we can lose as much as 1% of our muscle mass every single year.

That continual loss doesn’t just affect our strength: low muscle mass is also a predictor of poor health in old age and even early death.

But the right exercises can slow or even reverse this decline.”