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The Brain Pow­er resis­tance train­ing study pub­lished ear­li­er this year showed that 12 months of once-week­ly or twice-week­ly strength train­ing improved exec­u­tive cog­ni­tive func­tions (selec­tive atten­tion and con­flict resolution).

The study includ­ed 155 women aged 65- to 75- years-old. Resis­tance train­ing was done in 60mn-class­es using a leg press and free weights. It was com­pared to a con­trol, bal­ance and tone train­ing group who used stretch­ing, range-of-motion, basic core-strength, and bal­ance exer­cis­es as well as relax­ation techniques.

A few days ago the results of the one-year fol­low-up study were released: [Read more…] about Resis­tance Train­ing can also Pro­tect the Brain