Strength Training for Longevity: Muscle as an Organ of Healthspan
New mortality data pinpoints how much weekly strength training lowers death risk, and shows more is not always better.
Apr 10, 2025

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New mortality data pinpoints how much weekly strength training lowers death risk, and shows more is not always better.
Apr 10, 2025

A study of 59,078 people found the minimum combined improvement associated with one more year of life was startlingly small. The same study found the maximum was nine years, which is the number nobody is quoting.
Aug 25, 2026

VO2 max strongly predicts longevity, but the evidence that slow, low-intensity Zone 2 training is the best way to raise it is weaker than the trend suggests.
Jan 15, 2025

The 2026 wellness forecasts describe a pivot away from peak performance and towards something more ordinary. That is a strange message from a sector selling trackers, protocols and longevity clinics, and it is worth taking seriously anyway.
Aug 22, 2026
