Strength training helps older adults live longer

Strength training helps older adults live longer: Older adults who met twice-weekly strength training guidelines had 46 percent lower odds of death for any reason than those who did not. They also had 41 percent lower odds of cardiac death and 19 percent lower odds of dying from cancer. The study is the first to demonstrate the association in a large, nationally representative sample over an extended time period, particularly in an older population.