Resistance training can sometimes feel like something that's only relevant if you love the gym, want to lift enormous weights or get very excited about your squat PB.

But what if we stopped thinking about gym strength and started thinking about life strength?

In this episode, I'm talking about why resistance training has such a huge carry-over into the things we do every day — and why building and maintaining muscle becomes increasingly important as we get older.

Because the movements we practise when we train aren't really that unusual. Squatting helps us get up and down. Hinges help us pick things off the floor. Pushing, pulling, carrying and bracing are things our bodies need to do all the bloody time = from lugging suitcases around to carrying the shopping, playing sport or attempting to cle ...