
A 30-year study found regular strength training is associated with longer life and lower risk of age-related illness, suggesting benefits beyond building muscle or appearance. The long-term analysis links greater muscular strength and habitual resistance exercise with reduced mortality over decades. These results complement research showing midlife fitness delays major illness and findings that arts and cultural engagement can also slow biological ageing, implying multiple activities may help preserve health with age.
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