Lifting weights quickly can help older adults stay independent. Strength and muscle size are built well by slow, controlled lifting, but power, how quickly muscles can produce force, fades earlier and faster than strength with age. Power is what helps people get up from a chair, climb stairs and catch themselves when they trip. Lifting the weight with speed on the way up and lowering it under control trains power. Anyone over 60 starting out should progress gradually and get advice.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.