SHR # 2629:: Choosing To Be Strong + Glucosamine May Reduce Overall Death Rates as Effectively as Regular Exercise :: Coach Wade Johnson - Dr. Dana King, MD - Many people straddle training styles. But there is a very big difference between training styles and outcomes for powerlifters and bodybuilders. If your goal is pure strength you have to have the courage to choose and stick with it. Let your gains in pure strength be your goals and except that you may not look like a bodybuilder. PLUS Glucosamine supplements may reduce overall mortality about as well as regular exercise does, according to a new epidemiological study from West Virginia University."Does this mean that if you get off work at five o'clock one day, you should just skip the gym, take a glucosamine pill and go home instead?" said Dana King, professor and chair of the Department of Family Medicine, who led the study."That's not what we suggest. Keep exercising, but the thought that taking a pill would also be beneficial is intriguing." Glucosamine Study: https://www.jabfm.org/content/jabfp/33/6/842.full.pdf