{"id":665332,"date":"2026-06-30T02:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T02:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/665332\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T02:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T02:25:09","slug":"keeping-this-muscle-strong-will-help-you-live-longer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/665332\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping this muscle strong will help you live longer"},"content":{"rendered":"

From freezing ice baths to gruelling long-term exercise<\/a> challenges, it can be tricky to stay up to date with all the fitness<\/a> longevity trends out there.<\/p>\n

However, the secret to a longer life could be much simpler, with one muscle group in particular the key to looking after yourself.<\/p>\n

Lower strength in the leg muscles can increase the risk of death by up to 65 per cent and holistic health coach, Emily Spurling, told Today<\/a> the simple act of moving around can have great benefits.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe legs are so important and the main reason it keeps us well is it prevents falls,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn older adults<\/a> falls are the leading cause of injury-related deaths and strong legs also mean really strong muscles, so the sheer mechanics of the muscle pulling on the bone increases bone density.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd blood sugar regulation is the other amazing thing, so we don\u2019t get type 2 diabetes or obese.\u201d<\/p>\n

For those interested in testing and improving their leg strength, Emily has developed a four-week guide that you can download here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat will give you a four week progressive overload training,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you can just start with body weight and there is also a protein guide as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From freezing ice baths to gruelling long-term exercise challenges, it can be tricky to stay up to date…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[6647,102,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-665332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}