Even if you’ve never worked out regularly and are older, your body has the same ability to build muscle mass.

Weightlifting is anabolic: It builds the body up and promotes the release of the feel-good hormone testosterone, as previously noted. Here Zoey Sky, NaturalNews.com, reflects on weight training or gardening to reduce risk of early death:

“A study has found that working out or doing heavy gardening can help lower the risk of early death by at least 20 percent.

The researchers who conducted the study reported that both heavy gardening and exercise offer health benefits, especially if they last 30 minutes to one hour per week. This is good news, especially for the elderly, since keeping your bones and muscles healthy as you get older can help prevent many health issues and even slow down aging.

The study was published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Muscle-strengthening found to benefit overall health

The study was conducted by scientists at Tohoku University in Japan who reviewed over a dozen international studies.

According to the results, activities like weight lifting or using resistance bands can help prevent early death. Since the average adult can do 10 push-ups per minute, you would need to do at least 300 per week. The researchers added that heavy gardening, which involves digging and shoveling, was just as beneficial as doing push-ups.

Findings also revealed that at least 30 to 60 minutes of muscle-strengthening activity per week lowered the risk of dying by as much as 20 percent. If you’re physically fit, you can achieve this by engaging in muscle-building activities like push-ups, sit-ups and squats.

If you’re not fit enough for vigorous exercise, you can achieve the same effect by digging and shoveling in your garden.”

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