Extremely high priority
Top ChoiceMuscle & Strength
Third-party tested. Tasteless. Mixes clean.
Cost$16
TimeNone
EnergyEffortless
ImpactHigh
10ImportantEvidence: solid
Strength training
2–3x/week.
Priority Matrix
The numbers.
Four dimensions, scored 1–6, where six is always the good end: cheapest, quickest, easiest, highest impact. Priority is Impact squared, divided by what it costs you in energy, money and time.
Cost$0–60/mo
Time3–4 hrs/wk
EnergyChallenging
ImpactExtremely high
How sure we are
SolidGood trials pointing the same way.
Kept separate from the priority score on purpose: confidence in the evidence never raises how worth-it something is.
What we read
- Muscle-strengthening activities are associated with lower risk and mortality in major non-communicable diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies
British Journal of Sports Medicine · 2022
Across 16 cohorts, 30–60 minutes a week of muscle-strengthening was associated with 10–20% lower all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality; more than an hour added little.
- Resistance Training is Medicine: Effects of Strength Training on Health
Current Sports Medicine Reports · 2012
A clinical review of randomized trials: two to three progressive sessions a week increase lean mass, strength, and resting metabolic rate and improve several cardiometabolic markers.
Research from Tohoku University · Quincy College. We cite their published work. They have no involvement with Anew.
Where this falls down
Still unknown. The mortality numbers compare people who already lift with people who do not; no trial has assigned strength training and counted deaths.
Topics
Where it fits.
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