Not enough love for muscle contractions

Addressing our diet is crucial.

But my experience tells me, even with a less than optimal-diet, the benefits of strength training is under-appreciated.

I am not even talking about packing on visible muscle or looking like an athlete. That’s a different problem.

Being able to generate force using your legs, arms, back. Being able to maintain inertia or stability using your muscles. These are capacities that vastly improve quality of life. And improve how robust you are as you age.

Protein works best atop 3-4 hours of strength training a week. I am talking quality strength training using a reasonable amount of load and working towards control and coenptence with body weight movements like push ups, single leg squats, pull ups and dips. Not too many people how much they are literally and metaphorically half assing things in the gym.

Abs may be made in the kitchen. But quality of life, robust joints and muscle that can generate force and tension are forged using steel. And no amount of protein can make up for not lifting enough steel.

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