Take note, strength training could add years to your life

Resistance is far from futile when it comes to ageing says Margaret Jennings. By introducing just a small amount of strength training into your weekly routine you can lengthen your life by several years.

YOU don’t have to become a body builder — flexing your bulging muscles — but lifting weights or doing push-ups twice a week seems to lengthen older people’s lives.

Research based on data taken over 15 years from more than 30,000 adults aged 65 and over, suggests those who did strength training twice weekly, lowered their cause of dying, from any cause, by almost half.