Resistance training and Lipid Profiles
A recent meta analysis study conducted by the School of Medicine at West Virginia University has examined the effects of progressive resistance training on lipids and lipoproteins in adults. To acheive this, the researchers included Twenty-nine studies representing 1329 men and women (676 exercise, 653 control) conducted between 1955 and 2007. The outcome of this analysis has shown that Progressive resistance training reduces total cholesterol (TC) ratio of total cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (TC/HDL-C), non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and triglycerides (TG).
The importance of this study is that it illustrates one of the many positive benefits of resistance training and its implications to reduce various risk factor associated with cardiovascular disease.
Reference:
Kelley GA, Kelley KS. Impact of progressive resistance training on lipids and lipoproteins in adults: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Prev Med. 2008 Nov 1.
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