The MedicalXpress summary of this 30-year observational analysis from the Nurses' Health cohorts (n=147,374) correctly flags the 90-120 minute resistance training window as linked to a 13% all-cause mortality drop and sharper reductions in cardiovascular (19%) and neurological (27%) deaths, amplified by aerobic volume. Yet it underplays key limitations: self-reported exposure without session intensity or duration data, exclusion of bodyweight modalities like Pilates, and the classic healthy-user bias where participants doing 60+ minutes weekly were already younger and fitter. A 2022 meta-analysis in the British Journal of Sports Medicine (Momma et al., 16 cohorts, ~1M participants) reached similar dose-response curves but noted stronger effects in women and those over 60, patterns echoed here yet not stratified. Cross-referencing with the 2019 JAMA Internal Medicine study on grip strength and mortality (n=139,691) reveals muscle quality as a mediator the current work cannot isolate. The original coverage misses how this narrow band interacts with socioeconomic gradients—lower-income groups show steeper adherence drop-off after 60 minutes—and how the plateau above 120 minutes may reflect injury or overtraining signals absent from MET-hour aerobic data. For clinicians, the takeaway is actionable: prescribe two focused sessions emphasizing compound movements rather than chasing volume, especially when paired with 150+ minutes moderate aerobic work for the observed 45-58% combined risk reduction.