Doctor Michael Mosley has urged people to try out simple three at-home exercises and says practising these daily could help you live a longer life.
The TV doctor, who has been offering public health advice since the 1980s, claims incorporating weight training exercises into your routine could have a range of significant benefits, from boosting your metabolism to improving your brain function.
There's even evidence to suggest that weight training can help you live a longer life, all while slowing down some of the more negative effects of the ageing process.
According to Dr Mosley, trying these exercises for just a few minutes a day could lead to you enjoying "remarkable health benefits", including greater longevity.
During a recent episode of his BBC Sounds podcast, Just One Thing, Dr Mosely told listeners: "An American study found that muscle mass is one of the strongest predictors of longevity, even more than weight or body mass index.
"Researchers followed 3,600 men and women over the age of 50 for a decade they found that those who had more muscle mass were at a lower risk of death from all causes."
Offering advice to one health-conscious podcast listener, Dr Mosley suggested three easy exercises she could try using everyday household objects, advising completing three sets of ten every single day of the week.
These exercises are as follows:
1. Bicep curl using a large milk bottle as a weight
2. Calf raises by using a countertop to push yourself onto your tip toes
3. Weighted squats using a backpack filled with books.
He continued: "Strength training may even reverse ageing at a cellular level. In one small but fascinating study, scientists asked 14 older people to do strength training twice a week for six months and then compared their muscles to that of younger adults.
"They looked at the parts of the muscle cells that generate energy, the mitochondria. Normally these wane with age but the older adults who had been doing strength training boosted their mitochondria levels similar to those seen in younger men and women."
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