The Worst Myth About Exercise, According to Harvard

There’s an old saying – “We don’t stop moving because we get old, we get old because we stop moving.” Jessica Stillman, motivated by her study of Harvard biologist Daniel Lieberman, writes, “If you expect to get weaker as you age, you probably will. Thankfully, the opposite is also true — a modest commitment to keeping up your strength will prevent much of the age-related declines in fitness too many people see as inevitable.”