If you gain three to four points a year. (52 weeks) In 16 weeks you can go backwards 1.5 years!!! Imagine the health impliations and possibilities. These people were doing...A sit-to-stand test showed that, after strength training, participants dropped from requiring 90 percent of maximum muscle recruitment to rise to a standing position to just 60 percent, which put them on par with their same-age, non-Parkinson’s peers.