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Not necessarily. It's possible that the group that works on increasing their grip strength will also become healthier overall in other ways. The grip strength e
by redmen 5y ago
Not necessarily. It's possible that the group that works on increasing their grip strength will also become healthier overall in other ways. The grip strength exercises might motivate them to do other things that are good for them, body their mood, etc.
- deltaonefour 5y agoI am describing the technical way of verifying causation. This is how it's done in formal science. I'm not making this stuff up. >The grip strength exercises might motivate them to do other things that are good for them, body their mood, etc. Grip strength is still the causative factor here. It "causes" people to be motivated which in turn causes people to live longer. It literally supports the articles main point. People are saying that correlation does not equal causation and that training for grip strength will not increase your lifespan. However if the scenario you describe above is true. Then training for grip strength DOES increase your lifespan. Causation verified. The article is then completely correct. Think about it. I get where you're coming from though. Being born has a causative association with having a longer life span than not being born. The connection is technically causative but you want to find a more direct source that is lower on the chain of causation.