Pumping Iron in Australia: Prevalence, Trends and Sociodemographic Correlates of Muscle Strengthening Activity Participation from a National Sample of 195,926 Adults.
Jason A BennieZeljko PedisicJannique G Z van UffelenMelanie J CharityJack T HarveyLauren K BantingIneke VergeerStuart J H BiddleRochelle M EimePublished in: PloS one (2016)
A vast majority of Australian adults did not engage in sufficient muscle-strengthening activity. There is a need for public health strategies to support participation in muscle-strengthening activity in this population. Such strategies should target older and lower educated adults, and those living in socioeconomically disadvantaged, outer regional/remote and areas.