According to a new study of 44,000 men, weight training may reduce heart disease:
Harvard University researchers studied more than 44,000 men who participated in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study and looked at the role different types of exercise played on heart disease risk.
Not surprisingly, aerobic exercises like running and rowing were shown to be beneficial for reducing risk. But one of the biggest surprises was the effect of weight training. Those who lifted weights for 30 minutes or more a week had a risk reduction of 23 percent. [&hellip]
I can’t say that I’m terribly surprised, but I’m pleased to hear that.
My weight training instructor here at VT was doing research on getting people to lift weights to prevent heart attacks. Apparently, some of their subjects were having heart attacks during the testing. Yikes!
Relation: this instructor went on to Harvard afterwards for Post-Doc. Maybe same sort of research?
After reading this article i thought of giving a comment about weight trainning and to share it with other readers. Weight training is a type of exercise which develops the skeletal muscle and physical strength of a person. It is the common kind of resistance training and can be called as the strength training. If properly performed, weight training can provide significant functional benefits and improvement in overall health and well-being.
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Chest or arm pain or discomfort can be a symptom of heart disease and a warning sign of a heart attack. Shortness of breath (feeling like you can’t get enough air), dizziness, nausea (feeling sick to your stomach), abnormal heartbeats, or feeling very tired also are signs. Chest pain or discomfort (angina ) is the most common symptom. You feel this pain when the heart is not getting enough blood or oxygen.