Doing Resistance Training For 90-120 Minutes A Week Leads To A Longer Life: Harvard Study

Roughly 90-120 minutes of strength training per week was linked with a 13% reduced risk of premature death, according to a new study from Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. Adding aerobic exercise to the weekly mix increased the longevity benefit, researchers found. The study was recently published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Harvard Chan School co-authors included Yiwen Zhang, Dong Hoon Lee, Yuan Ma, and Edward Giovannucci.