NEWS YOU CAN USE: Less than an hour of resistance training a week could reduce your risk for a heart attack or stroke by almost 40 to 70 per cent, according to a new study from Iowa State University.

Plus: “Less than one hour a week of resistance training was associated with a 29 per cent lower risk of developing metabolic syndrome, the cluster of conditions that pre-empt heart disease, stroke and diabetes, while risk of high cholesterol dropped by 32 per cent.”