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Now you have me paranoid. I am pretty fit and active, and I certainly have plenty of fat on my body as an energy reserve. It's 90% cardio though. My weight training is just roughhousing with two kids climbing all over me basically.
I have never personally placed value on bulking up. My legs are already huge from running/cycling and while my arms are not especially big, they're wiry and plenty strong enough for my normal needs.
Do I really need to think about weight training as well? To reiterate: I don't care about looking like Arnold Schwarzenegger, I just want to be pretty fit and active in my 80's for future hypothetical grandkids.
It's all a balancing act, without changing the activities you do you start losing muscle mass in your thirties. The good news with kids is that most love climbing so that can be a great activity to do with them if it's available around where you live and you don't like weight training.
If you already run and ride you're ahead of most, so don't get too paranoid about it!
https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/preserve-your-muscle-mass