New study explains why you bulk up with resistance training, not endurance training

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - 14:30 in Health & Medicine

Resistance and endurance exercises activate the same gene, PGC-1?, but the processes stimulated for the muscles to adapt depend on the exercise type. A new study offers insight into why the physical changes from resistance exercise are so different than from endurance exercise.

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