Heavy resistance training at retirement age provides benefits for at least four more years

The BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine Journal published a study in 2024 that showed that one year of heavy resistance training, started at retirement age, demonstrated benefits four years later in terms of maintained leg strength (compared to the moderate intensity group or control group, who demonstrated decreased strength after 4 years.)

Other studies have shown similar results. We know that heavy lifting and high intensity exercise is beneficial for your body in the short term and the long term, and appears to have more lasting positive effects than other kinds of exercise. Read more here: https://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/10/2/e001899