Resistance Training can also Protect the Brain

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…

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