Resistance training can be a valuable adjunct to SSRIs for treating major depressive disorder.

“the effect size for resistance training two times a week 25 minutes a day for eight weeks was a 1.7 wow on major depressive disorder wow anybody who's a scientist out there if they hear effect size of 1.7 they do exactly what you did their eyebrows go up and they go they you know they sure that's right you don't see effect sizes like that very often”

“resistance training seems to have a really powerful acute effect and then in the long term as well it's also great you know for metabolic health”

“the effect size for major depressive disorder was 1.7 now for those who aren't familiar with effect sizes .2 is a small effect size 0.5 is a modest and 08 anything above 08 is considered large 1.7 is massive and ssris fall between like3 to8 like usually the best you see is about .8”

“there was actually a recent uh randomized control trial where they took people with major dep or men with major depressive disorder or general anxiety disorder and they had them do two 25 minutes sessions of resistance training a week that's it and it was for eight weeks and the improvements in major depressive disorder and general anxiety disorder the effect size for major depressive disorder was 1.7”