Health
Strength Training for Longevity: Muscle as an Organ of Healthspan
New mortality data pinpoints how much weekly strength training lowers death risk, and shows more is not always better.
Apr 10, 2025
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Lifestyle
Five More Minutes of Sleep and Two More Minutes of Exercise a Day Were Worth an Extra Year of Life
A study of 59,078 people found the minimum combined improvement associated with one more year of life was startlingly small. The same study found the maximum was nine years, which is the number nobody is quoting.
Aug 25, 2026
Health
Zone 2 Cardio Versus VO2 Max: Sorting the Training Trend From the Evidence
VO2 max strongly predicts longevity, but the evidence that slow, low-intensity Zone 2 training is the best way to raise it is weaker than the trend suggests.
Jan 15, 2025
