Fact of the day

Any amount of resistance training was linked to a 15% lower risk of dying from any cause in pooled results from 10 studies, with the largest reduction, 27%, seen at around 60 minutes per week. The benefit shrank rather than grew at higher weekly volumes.

Study design

Meta-analysis

Journal

Am J Prev Med

Evidence

well supported

⚠What it shows: Strong for this kind of evidence, but it still tracks lifters rather than tests lifting: results pooled from 10 studies that followed non-clinical adults over time, so healthier people may simply lift more. The finding about the ideal weekly dose came from just 4 of those studies.Meta-analysis · Am J Prev Med