Exercising with weights regularly was associated with a lower risk for mortality from any cause except cancer, according to researchers. They also found that adding aerobic exercise enhances the protective effect.
The study, recently published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, revealed that people who met weekly recommendations for aerobic exercise and lifted weights once or twice a week almost halved their risk for all-cause mortality.
This is not the only study to report that some types of exercise can reduce mortality risk, but researchers said it does help distinguish benefits from