A personal trainer says you should be doing these six dumbbell exercises to build strength all over

Woman performing lunges while holding dumbbells in a gym.

One of the best things you can do to stay healthy as you get older is to strength train. Regularly putting your muscles under stress with resistance—be that lifting weights or working with your bodyweight—keeps you stronger for longer and helps you to avoid some of the health risks that come with getting older.

That’s according to James Klein, a certified personal trainer at Life Time Gainesville, who told me why strength training is so important.