Weightlifting is Japanese salarymen’s newest hobby, report says, since “Muscles won’t betray you” soranews24.com

Dai-Ichi Life Insurance’s Economics Research Institute, though, says there’s another activity that’s becoming increasingly common on salarymen’s schedules: weightlifting.
However, Japan’s baseline work culture being what it is, it’s not like these weightlifting salarymen are clocking out of the office at 3 in the afternoon.
“But with weightlifting, you need to give the muscles you use time to heal, so it’s actually counterproductive to lift every day.
“One of the great joys of weightlifting is how it gives you a sense of personal development that you can’t get from work,” Nagahama says.
Still, the combined effects have been enough to make “Kinniku ha uragiranai,” “Muscles won’t betray you,” a new rallying cry for amateur weightlifters in Japan.