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Total body strength is linked to lower risks of death from cardiovascular disease and cancer. Similarly, being strong during middle age is associated with “exceptional survival” defined as living to the age of 85 without developing a major disease

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Researchers found that people who did 3 total body weight workouts a week for two months decreased their diastolic blood pressure by an average of 8 points which is enough to reduce the risk of a stroke by 40% and heart attack by 15%

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