Michael Joseph Gross

Strength training improves bone density, blood pressure. It helps treat type 2 diabetes. It reduces risk of cancer. It helps with obesity.

Strength training improves bone density, blood pressure. It helps treat type 2 diabetes. It reduces risk of cancer. It helps with obesity.

Strength training improves bone density, blood pressure. It helps treat type 2 diabetes. It reduces risk of cancer. It helps with obesity.

Well, the reason we learned to think it wasn't important goes back thousands of years. At the very beginning of scientific medicine, doctors and athletic trainers were competing to see who could corner the market in what we now call healthcare. Now, the most famous doctor in ancient Rome, whose name was Galen,

Well, the reason we learned to think it wasn't important goes back thousands of years. At the very beginning of scientific medicine, doctors and athletic trainers were competing to see who could corner the market in what we now call healthcare. Now, the most famous doctor in ancient Rome, whose name was Galen,

Well, the reason we learned to think it wasn't important goes back thousands of years. At the very beginning of scientific medicine, doctors and athletic trainers were competing to see who could corner the market in what we now call healthcare. Now, the most famous doctor in ancient Rome, whose name was Galen,

He argued that trainers who encouraged athletes to build mass, what we now think of as building muscle, were actually making those athletes suffocate their souls. Now this idea of muscle as being both kind of superficial and the opposite of healthful continues into the modern era. Kenneth Cooper, who wrote the most popular book about exercise in the 20th century, the book called Aerobics,

He argued that trainers who encouraged athletes to build mass, what we now think of as building muscle, were actually making those athletes suffocate their souls. Now this idea of muscle as being both kind of superficial and the opposite of healthful continues into the modern era. Kenneth Cooper, who wrote the most popular book about exercise in the 20th century, the book called Aerobics,

He argued that trainers who encouraged athletes to build mass, what we now think of as building muscle, were actually making those athletes suffocate their souls. Now this idea of muscle as being both kind of superficial and the opposite of healthful continues into the modern era. Kenneth Cooper, who wrote the most popular book about exercise in the 20th century, the book called Aerobics,

which really put aerobic exercise at the center of our idea of what exercise is, said that building muscular fitness was just like putting a shiny new paint job on a car, when in fact what we needed to be doing was give the body a new engine, a better heart and lung system.

which really put aerobic exercise at the center of our idea of what exercise is, said that building muscular fitness was just like putting a shiny new paint job on a car, when in fact what we needed to be doing was give the body a new engine, a better heart and lung system.

which really put aerobic exercise at the center of our idea of what exercise is, said that building muscular fitness was just like putting a shiny new paint job on a car, when in fact what we needed to be doing was give the body a new engine, a better heart and lung system.

Muscle is so much more than what most of us have grown up thinking it is. I think a lot of us have grown up thinking that muscle is mainly a matter of appearance. When we think about its function, we think about how it moves us. But muscle is performing a huge number of jobs inside the body. Let's start with metabolism.

Muscle is so much more than what most of us have grown up thinking it is. I think a lot of us have grown up thinking that muscle is mainly a matter of appearance. When we think about its function, we think about how it moves us. But muscle is performing a huge number of jobs inside the body. Let's start with metabolism.

Muscle is so much more than what most of us have grown up thinking it is. I think a lot of us have grown up thinking that muscle is mainly a matter of appearance. When we think about its function, we think about how it moves us. But muscle is performing a huge number of jobs inside the body. Let's start with metabolism.

Muscle is the main sink for disposal of blood sugar, making sure that our metabolism is healthy. Muscle is also the main reservoir of the proteins that do the work of healing us when we're sick or building our bodies when we're children and adolescents growing. Strength and muscle even shape our whole identity.

Muscle is the main sink for disposal of blood sugar, making sure that our metabolism is healthy. Muscle is also the main reservoir of the proteins that do the work of healing us when we're sick or building our bodies when we're children and adolescents growing. Strength and muscle even shape our whole identity.

Muscle is the main sink for disposal of blood sugar, making sure that our metabolism is healthy. Muscle is also the main reservoir of the proteins that do the work of healing us when we're sick or building our bodies when we're children and adolescents growing. Strength and muscle even shape our whole identity.

There are connections between muscle and mind, muscle and mental health, that have only begun to be discovered in the past few decades. For instance, For many people in the first proper randomized controlled trial of heavy weight training as treatment for depression, for 75% of people in that study, lifting heavy weights treated depression as well as the best antidepressant drugs.

There are connections between muscle and mind, muscle and mental health, that have only begun to be discovered in the past few decades. For instance, For many people in the first proper randomized controlled trial of heavy weight training as treatment for depression, for 75% of people in that study, lifting heavy weights treated depression as well as the best antidepressant drugs.