Over-reliance on weight training alone can lead to cardiovascular deconditioning, negatively impacting insulin resistance and glucose tolerance. — Whalespan
Over-reliance on weight training alone can lead to cardiovascular deconditioning, negatively impacting insulin resistance and glucose tolerance.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“many of them although they did well initially because they were just so focused on weight training that they did become more deconditioned from a cardiovascular perspective and I think that really had an impact on insulin resistance in some cases a plateaued or we just were not able to get their glucose tolerance where we wanted”