Researchers say this type of exercise may even be linked to longevity.

You might already know that a stronger grip strength is linked to increased cognitive ability, a lower risk of falls, and even potentially a longer life among older adults.

That’s partly down to something called sarcopenia, or muscle wasting.

“Beginning as early as the [fourth] decade of life, evidence suggests that skeletal muscle mass and skeletal muscle strength decline in a linear fashion, with up to 50% of mass being lost by the [eighth] decade of life,” an article published in Current Opinion in Rheumatology reads.

This muscle decline is “one of the most important causes of functional decline and loss of independence in older adults,” they add.

So it’s a good thing scientist Dr Dennis T. Villareal, a professor at the Baylor College of Medicine........

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