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13 sats \ 1 reply \ @freetx 13 Jan \ on: Association of Muscle-Strengthening and Aerobic Physical Activity With Mortality science
I'm sure there are a myriad of benefits of strength training.
However a big factor is in keeping up muscle mass to prevent falls as you age. Its very common for an older person to be relatively healthy, then fall and break something, and that starts a downward spiral of health collapse.
I think that's what I read earlier, too. It's the falls due to muscle weakness that cause many troubles onwards.
My parents are physically still very active and have been all their life, and it pays when I compare them with other people their age. Same for my grandma, she also kept going for walks, until very late in life. She also recovered very well from a stroke.
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