Muscle Is a Longevity Organ: What the Science of Strength Training Reveals About All-Cause Mortality
Grip strength outperforms blood pressure as a mortality predictor. A 2022 BMJ meta-analysis found that 30 to 60 minutes of resistance training per week cuts all-cause mortality by 15 percent. Here is what the new science of muscle, myokines, and sarcopenia reveals about why strength training may be the most important longevity intervention most adults are still skipping, and the minimum effective dose to start this week.
