According to research by the University of Michigan, having stronger muscles is linked to living longer. The study, published in the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, found that people with low muscle strength are 50 per cent more likely to die earlier than their stronger peers.

Does building muscle shorten your life?

Experts stress the findings do not mean muscle building makes you live longer. ... Thin and fat men alike fared worse in terms of life expectancy if they had weaker than average muscles, while more burly men had better survival odds even if they were overweight.

Does weight lifting slow aging?

Strength training means slowing and reversing the aging process at the cellular and genetic level, increase your energy, protect against the effects of aging, improve insulin resistance (the kindling for all sorts of diseases), reduce mortality and improve brain function.