Strength training is one of the single most important health interventions for both men and women, offering benefits for bone health, cardiovascular health, and brain health.

“The only people who lifted weights when I was growing up were like bodybuilders and preseason football players. >> Is that true? Lifting weights is >> I mean, you never want to actually live this way, but if you if you could only pick one form of exercise >> Yeah. >> to do once a week, that's what you would do. I mean just in terms of bone health if it's done properly you probably get some cardiovascular benefit too but just in terms of brain health I mean obviously you want to do both but resistance training is clearly has a longevity benefit”