Building lower body mass at 65 in a home gym

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At 65 and would like to add mass to my lower body. I have no problem maintaining upper body mass but I have noticed that my legs are losing some. I was told it was a natural part of aging.

Right now I have been doing two day a week full body that includes these lower body lifts;

Monday
Squats at 3 sets of five followed by 2 sets of 8 back off sets
DBRDLs at 5 sets of 12

Thursday
Dead lifts 3 sets of 5 followed 2 sets of 8 SLDL
Goblet squats at 5 sets of 12.

I have a home gym with Olympic bar, trap bar and dumbbells.
I have increased my calories

Any body have a good progam or other advice they would like to share that would help. One suggested I was given was drop the weight I am currently using for my squat and do higher reps.

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You’re off to a good start with your list of movements. I would not overthink rep ranges too much as long as you are making progress and feeling good. If everything is feeling good just keep either adding reps to your set and/or weight to the bar.

Eventually you hit a wall with that approach, which everyone does. With what you have access to you can do an awful lot to switch things up. You are already embracing the movements that will help you reach your goal.

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I do not know how your lower back feels, but try the 20 rep squat program. There is a book by Randall Strossen called Super Squats. I am betting you can find details just Googling it. Or try YouTube.

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What is your upper body training like? Similar sets/reps as your lower body, or different? If so, maybe try to make legs more like upper body.

You go full body, what order do you do your lifts in? Upper body first or legs first? Maybe prioritize legs 1st, if you’re not already.

To touch on the idea of doing more reps, 3 sets of 10 reps in the squat is pretty classic for leg size. Have you ever tried that?

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