How 'old' are your muscles? Beware of muscle mass loss from spending more time at home

Tan Tock Seng Hospital physiotherapist Nicolette Ng demonstrates the static forward lunge guided by the hospital's senior physiotherapist Rethinam Ganesan. ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
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SINGAPORE - At the start of the year, Mr Lim H.L. wrote down one goal - to lose at least 5kg this year.

Then Covid-19 struck and gyms were shut during the circuit breaker from April to June.

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