Study The Koreans got 18 males in their twenties, none of whom had
previously done weight training, to do strength training for a period of 12 weeks.
Not exact matches
I
did weight training (mainly kettlebells) to develop strength, and can actually
do a pull up now, a feat I
previously thought impossible!
Weight training, on the other hand, while extremely beneficial for muscular health, has
previously been shown to have little effect on the body's levels of B.D.N.F., Dr. Nokia said, which could explain why it
did not contribute to increased neurogenesis in this study.
The fact that exercise alone doesn't result in significant
weight loss was demonstrated in the notorious marathon study, wherein
previously sedentary participants
trained for a marathon for 18 months and eventually ran a marathon - we know they exercised a lot because a marathon is no small feat (Janssen et al., 1989)!
They got their test subjects, 25 men and women in whom diabetes had been diagnosed an average of seven years
previously, to
do half an hour of
weight training three times a week.