Lifting Weights Protects Against Metabolic Syndrome, Reports Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 09:31 in Health & Medicine

People who lift weights are less likely to have metabolic syndrome--a cluster of risk factors linked to heart disease and diabetes, reports a study in the October issue of The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, official research journal of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

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