The problem is they also say we should do calorie restriction. CR plus a reasonably active lifestyle sounds a lot more fun than lifting weights, and less likely to injure me.
Has anyone studied how these different things stack? If someone walks a lot and eats healthy, and lifts a normal amount of things in daily life... will they get significant disease prevention benefits from lifting on top of that?
And what happens if you control for mental well being? Will someone who deeply enjoys being strong get a lot more benefit than someone who's just kind of meh about a PR?
Has anyone studied how these different things stack? If someone walks a lot and eats healthy, and lifts a normal amount of things in daily life... will they get significant disease prevention benefits from lifting on top of that?
And what happens if you control for mental well being? Will someone who deeply enjoys being strong get a lot more benefit than someone who's just kind of meh about a PR?