Finally, science has determined which of three types of exercise is best for our bodies:aerobic interval training, strength training, or a combination. And the answer is: all of the above. It’s true. Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology took 43 people with metabolic syndrome (centralobesity, elevated blood pressure, high fasting glucose and triglyceridelevels, and low high-density lipoprotein levels) and put them through three different regimes. Three times a week for 12 weeks, one group did aerobic interval training, one did strength training, and one did a combination of the two. Writing in the Journal of Applied Physiology, the researchers conclude: “Therewere no changes in body weight, fasting plasma glucose, or high-densitylipoprotein levels within or between the groups. Conclusion:All three training regimes have beneficial effects on physiologicalabnormalities associated with metabolic syndrome.”
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It’s great to have these kinds of things on your site. There is no way in hell I’d read The Journal of And Damn Thing, ’cause I wouldn’t understand half of it and feel stupid enough as it is. And this is so much better than some magazine’s “Lose your fat it two seconds with this wonder move!!!”
Thank you.
“There were no changes in body weight, fasting plasma glucose, or high-density lipoprotein levels within or between the groups.”
Is that a mistranslation ?
Did they mean, “There were no differences…” ?
When people work out hard for 12 weeks, I’d expect to see some changes in bodyweight.
This article doesn’t make sense. Something has to change to some degree?
Bill