Researchers have [reporting / reported] that regular strength training may help us to live [length / longer] . Scientists followed the exercise habits and [health / healthy] of nearly 150,000 adults for 30 years. The study [find / found] that people who did moderate amounts [to / of] strength training on a regular basis had a lower [risky / risk] of dying at a younger age. The researchers suggested that such exercise [protected / protection] people from cardiovascular problems, such as heart disease and strokes, and mental illnesses. People who did [down / up] to two hours of strength training every week had a 13 per cent lower risk [of / on] dying. There was a 19 per cent reduced risk of dying from cardiovascular disease and a 27 per cent lower risk of dying from [mentally / mental] illnesses.
The researchers said our muscles [playing / play] an important part in keeping us alive for longer. Stronger muscles provide [much / many] health benefits. Muscles help to control how much glucose, [sugary / sugar] , and harmful fats are in our body. If we do not [keep / take] our muscles active, they do not burn up so much sugar and fat. Instead, they are turned [into / onto] body fat. Too much body fat can lead [for / to] diabetes, heart disease and other health problems. The website ZME Science [advised / advice] people to do a variety of exercises. It wrote: "[Keep / Keeping] walking, cycling, swimming, or doing whatever gets your heart [late / rate] up. But add some resistance work too." The study is published [in / of] the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
