People doing both aerobic and muscle exercises were more likely to live longer than those who did just one or the other, US researchers found.
But you don't have to go to the gym - carrying heavy shopping bags, digging in the garden and pilates all count.
Both types of activity are recommended in current advice. BBC News
See also:
- Independent and joint associations of weightlifting and aerobic activity with all-cause, cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (open access) British Journal of Sports Medicine
- Lifting weights in middle age lowers the risk of death from all causes by up to a FIFTH, study finds The Daily Mail
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