03/18/2026
Far too few people are doing resistance training despite the evidence showing its benefits.
Upwards of 60% of people in the US aren’t doing any muscle strengthening
Rates of participation for older adults are purported to be very low (10-15%)
If people aren’t training at all, the previously recommended guidelines are probably higher than what will initially be needed for people to start to see improvements
A favorite line: “deviating from previous guidelines, we propose that individualizing programs to increase RT participation is, from our perspective, more important than conforming to specific RTx criteria outlined in previous Position”