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Breaks in resistance training do not impair long-term development in strength and muscle size

University of Jyväskylä – Jyväskylän yliopisto A study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä’s Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences investigated how a 10-week break from resistance training affected maximum strength and muscle size. The study found that a 10-week break halfway through 20 total weeks of strength training had little effect on development. During...

30-60 mins of weekly muscle strengthening activity linked to 10-20% lower death risk
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30-60 mins of weekly muscle strengthening activity linked to 10-20% lower death risk

by British Medical Journal Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Between 30 and 60 minutes of muscle strengthening activity every week is linked to a 10-20% lower risk of death from all causes, and from cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer, in particular, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published online in the British Journal of...