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Strength training can help you retain these muscle fibers. You DO need to be careful with exercise selection. Barbells and machines can work, but there is one potential issue. The prime movers (main muscles) get worked… but your joints and stabilizer muscles don't get trained at the same rate as your muscles. The less balancing that is required from the stabilizers... The worse this issue becomes. Strong muscles combined with weak stabilizers can cause serious problems over time. A prime example of this is the leg press machine. This can greatly increase leg strength... But the lower back and core don't have to work at all (this is asking for an injury). This is where the kettlebell comes in. Kettlebells are almost the EXACT opposite of this. Your joints and stabilizers have to become strong FIRST, before you have the ability to do a lot of the exercises. This is one reason that special forces units and the military use kettlebell training.