Sunday, February 27, 2022

Strength Training Reduces All- Cause Mortality!

 


A large study looking at data for 80,306 adults aged 30 or higher showed that participation in any strength-promoting exercise was associated with a 23% reduction in all-cause mortality and a 31% reduction in cancer mortality. There was also a slight dose-dependent effect with more strength-promoting exercise associated with a lower all-cause mortality.

The study showed that bodyweight exercises yielded comparable results to equipment-based activities.

So the take home message is simple – get your strength training in at least 2 times per week every week – consistency is way more important than which type of strength training you do and it all works including:

Selectorized machines with weight stacks

Free weight exercises using dumbbells and barbells

Kettlebells

Bands

Bodyweight

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