Weight-lifting is the key to staying healthy in your 70s and beyond… and just a year of pumping iron can cut body fat and boost strength in the long term, experts reveal

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Forget lawn bowls or a gentle swim – pensioners should take up weightlifting if they want a healthy retirement, research suggests.

Resistance training was found to have strength benefits that lasted years into retirement, making it an ideal exercise for the elderly.

People naturally lose muscle function as they get older with faltering grip and leg strength viewed as a strong predictor of death in elderly people.

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