Strength Training to Improve Health. Can muscle-strengthening activity decrease your risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, and early death? We often hear about aerobic activity, but today we turn to the health benefits of resistance exercise such as weightlifting. A recent review of prospective studies provides insights. First, though, a brief look at the benefits of aerobic exercise.
We so often hear how exercise can impact multiple body systems and health outcomes. For example, physical activity can reduce our chances of suffering from several chronic conditions, including heart attack, stroke, diabetes, chronic lung disease, chronic kidney disease, and some cancers.
Exercise in midlife and may not only reduce your risk of early mortality but drop your chances of several chronic conditions in your final five years of life. Let me say that one more time: Higher midlife fitness levels are strongly associated with healthy aging, marked by a low burden of chronic diseases.
While we lack randomized trials of exercise to prevent cardiovascular disease or death in a healthy population, we have observational studies that point to the ability of regular exercise to lower the risk of all-cause and disease-specific mortality for most individuals.
The benefits of physical activity accrue to both older and younger individuals. Recreational and non-recreational physical activity is associated with reduced risk. Moreover, the benefits accrue to those in low, middle, and high-income settings.
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