Michael Joseph Gross

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.

And as we get older, muscle more and more becomes a matter of life and death. Our muscles are interacting with our bones all the time. And if we lift heavy weights, we're allowing the muscles to make more strain on the bones, which makes the bones stronger, which means that if you're an older woman and you fall,

And as we get older, muscle more and more becomes a matter of life and death. Our muscles are interacting with our bones all the time. And if we lift heavy weights, we're allowing the muscles to make more strain on the bones, which makes the bones stronger, which means that if you're an older woman and you fall,

And as we get older, muscle more and more becomes a matter of life and death. Our muscles are interacting with our bones all the time. And if we lift heavy weights, we're allowing the muscles to make more strain on the bones, which makes the bones stronger, which means that if you're an older woman and you fall,

you're much less likely to break your hip if you've been lifting weights for the past few decades. Heavy weight training is one of the best preventive measures for osteoporosis.

you're much less likely to break your hip if you've been lifting weights for the past few decades. Heavy weight training is one of the best preventive measures for osteoporosis.

you're much less likely to break your hip if you've been lifting weights for the past few decades. Heavy weight training is one of the best preventive measures for osteoporosis.

No, it's now very well established that both weight training and aerobic training are effective as treatments for depression. That's recognized in the clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of depression in a number of countries, not so much in the United States yet, but the World Health Organization recognizes this. And there was very recently a big global consensus statement about

No, it's now very well established that both weight training and aerobic training are effective as treatments for depression. That's recognized in the clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of depression in a number of countries, not so much in the United States yet, but the World Health Organization recognizes this. And there was very recently a big global consensus statement about

No, it's now very well established that both weight training and aerobic training are effective as treatments for depression. That's recognized in the clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of depression in a number of countries, not so much in the United States yet, but the World Health Organization recognizes this. And there was very recently a big global consensus statement about

exercise and optimal health throughout the lifespan that really established definitively weight training is as important for mental health as aerobic training.

exercise and optimal health throughout the lifespan that really established definitively weight training is as important for mental health as aerobic training.

exercise and optimal health throughout the lifespan that really established definitively weight training is as important for mental health as aerobic training.

By the time he turned 70 years old, Kenneth Cooper, the father of aerobics, had committed to a regimen of lifting weights. The Cooper Institute has longitudinal data on the health of thousands of people that they have been monitoring for decades. And when they went into their data starting a couple of decades ago, they realized that

By the time he turned 70 years old, Kenneth Cooper, the father of aerobics, had committed to a regimen of lifting weights. The Cooper Institute has longitudinal data on the health of thousands of people that they have been monitoring for decades. And when they went into their data starting a couple of decades ago, they realized that

By the time he turned 70 years old, Kenneth Cooper, the father of aerobics, had committed to a regimen of lifting weights. The Cooper Institute has longitudinal data on the health of thousands of people that they have been monitoring for decades. And when they went into their data starting a couple of decades ago, they realized that

Over time, it turned out that strength training, muscular fitness was on par with aerobic fitness for long-term health.

Over time, it turned out that strength training, muscular fitness was on par with aerobic fitness for long-term health.

Over time, it turned out that strength training, muscular fitness was on par with aerobic fitness for long-term health.

Strength is defined in most scientific literature as maximal force. The basic concept for measuring strength is called the one repetition maximum. A one repetition maximum, or 1RM, is the heaviest weight that a person can lift one time with perfect form. It's not a grunting effort. It's not... you know, wrenching your body around to see if you can get the weight up. It's one perfect rep.