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<p>It is recommended that adults do strengthening activities that work all the major muscle groups at least two days a week as well as taking part in at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity activity each week. File picture: Pexels</p>

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One hour per week of muscle strengthening lowers risk of death from all causes, study shows
The researchers found that the “maximum” benefit for protection against early death as well as some of these major diseases was seen when people participated in 30 to 60 minutes of muscle-strengthening activity every week
<p>Laurel Hubbard bowed out of the Olympics without a lift (Martin Rickett/PA)</p>

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Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard exits Olympics without registering lift
<p>You need to have an often unrealistic sense of hope — or as I now refer to it as ‘youthful optimism’. </p>

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Derval O'Rourke: Five things that set Olympians apart
Weightlifting feels the strain as an Olympic sport

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Weightlifting feels the strain as an Olympic sport
Russian Weightlifting Federation appeals Rio 2016 ban

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Russian Weightlifting Federation appeals Rio 2016 ban
Russian weightlifters banned from Rio Olympics

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Russian weightlifters banned from Rio Olympics
11 weightlifters, including some Russians, suspended over retests from 2012 Olympics
11 weightlifters, including some Russians, suspended over retests from 2012 Olympics

It further limits Russia's ability to send competitors to the Rio Games.

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This teen will today become the first Irish female to compete at the weightlifting World Championships
This teen will today become the first Irish female to compete at the weightlifting World Championships

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