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Yes, resistance training for muscle is well supported for its wide-ranging benefits.
Our read is that resistance training, often through weight training, offers significant benefits for longevity and overall health. Experts like Andrew Huberman and Peter Attia highlight its positive impacts on body composition, cardiovascular health, and even growth hormone release.
The practice is also noted for its potential to increase fat burning and provide sustained benefits beyond the training session itself.
Andrew Huberman suggests that individuals who do not recover well from intense physical activity should shuffle activities like weight training or running across different days. He also notes that weight training or endurance training for approximately 60 minutes maximizes growth hormone release. Peter Attia mentions that planned breaks in training are beneficial.
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Andrew Huberman advises that individuals who do not recover well from intense physical activity should shuffle activities like weight training or running across different days.
Our verdict would change if new evidence emerged suggesting significant long-term detriments or if the cited benefits were widely refuted by expert consensus.
The intervention improves the primary outcome at standard doses in healthy adults.
Benefits hold across the populations where it's been tested.
The intervention improves the primary outcome at standard doses in healthy adults.
Benefits hold across the populations where it's been tested.
The intervention improves the primary outcome at standard doses in healthy adults.
Animal-model results don't translate to the human protocol being recommended.
Confounding and publication bias inflate the apparent benefit.
The headline effect shrinks once you account for trial quality.
Animal-model results don't translate to the human protocol being recommended.
Most of the support comes from short or small studies.