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OK, first let’s get this straight: For years I hated running and would do almost anything to avoid it.

Building and maintaining muscle strength keeps us springing out of our chairs, maintaining our balance and posture and firing our metabolism.

The unheralded benefits of weight training

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Aerobic exercise is good, but it's best to add resistance exercise -- lifting weights, doing push-ups and sit-ups -- for the best overall health benefits.

Aerobic exercise is good, but it's best to add resistance exercise -- lifting weights, doing push-ups and sit-ups -- for the best overall health benefits.

Aerobic exercise is good, but it's best to add resistance exercise -- lifting weights, doing push-ups and sit-ups -- for the best overall health benefits.

It’s time for aerobics to share the spotlight with weightlifting as a form of exercise that promotes health and may be de rigueur as we age.

My parents, who were my best friends, unfortunately died in the late 1980s. Like many of us, I think of them often and miss them so much.