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90. A 30-Year Harvard Study Just Confirmed What I've Been Telling You — And the Number That Surprised Everyone Is Two Hours a Week

A Harvard study just published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine followed 147,000 people — 80% of them women — for up to 30 years. What they found about resistance training should stop every outdoor woman in her tracks. 13% lower risk of dying from any cause. 19% lower cardiovascular mortality. 27% lower neurological disease mortality. And the dose that produced all of that? Just 90 to 120 minutes per week.

Two hours.

That's the ceiling — more didn't add more benefit.

Dr. Liz Koch, DPT breaks down exactly what the research found, what it means for women who hike, mountain bike, and…

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